Illustrates the lives of the North American Plains Indians through the colorful and functional clothing, furnishings, robes, blankets, and other everyday and ceremonial objects they made from deer and buffalo skins in the nineteenth century.

Navajo saddle blankets are among the most underappreciated art forms in the American Southwest, the Cinderella of Navajo textiles. Saddle blankets have played a key role in Navajo life both as utilitarian objects and as a force in the economic sustainability of modern Navajo life. They represent a material link between Navajo weavers and traders. This modest textile has found a context in the cattle industry, inside rural cabins, on the floors of eastern bungalows, on the walls of art museums, and even on horseback. It has served countless cultural and utilitarian demands placed on it over the last century and a half, with no sunset in sight.

Marjorie Merriweather Post was one of America's most powerful women, a director of General Foods, Inc., philanthropist, patriot, and internationalist, with a keen interest in art, and a magnificent wardrobe collected over seventy years. Ingenue to Icon is a beautifully illustrated new volume dedicated to Post's love of fashion and how she used it to create her unique style: the luxurious, embroidered dresses; exquisite shoes dyed to match her gowns; and fabulous jewels that defined her style offer glimpses into a life of exceptional elegance and wealth. Post worked closely with fashion designers across Europe and the United States to create her distinctly elegant appearance over the course of her adult life. More than just a catalog of her wonderful evening gowns, Ingenue to Icon illustrates a spectacular collection of costume, combining numerous images of accessories—shoes, hats, handbags, fans and parasols, and related portraits and photographs of Post wearing them—with a wealth of printed ephemera and personal letters, to put them in context. Four chronological chapters chart the progression of Post's development into an icon of elegance during a century of huge change in fa... [Read More]

The rich heritage of handsome geometric patterns fashioned by Seminole Indian women into quilts and garments is preserved in this valuable book. Detailed instructions are given for replicating dozens of original Seminole designs in authentic colors.

Scare up some fun this Halloween in this Ghastly Gargoyle Child Costume! 100% Polyester costume includes a stone grey gargoyle bodysuit with batting, with matching wings and creepy mask. Does not include shoes or socks. Child

GHASTLY GARGOYLE CHILD. Size large.

GHASTLY GARGOYLE CHILD. Size large.