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- Small Things in the Eighteenth Century
- Small Things in the Eighteenth Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Reading Small Things
- Part II Small Things in Time and Space
- 5 On the Smallness of Numismatic Objects
- 6 Crinoidal Limestone and Staffordshire Teapots
- 7 “Joineriana”
- 8 “Pray What a Pox Are Those Damned Strings of Wampum?”
- Part III Small Things at Hand
- Part IV Small Things on the Move
- Afterword
- Select Bibliography
- Index
7 - “Joineriana”
The Small Fragments and Parts of Eighteenth-Century Assemblages
from Part II - Small Things in Time and Space
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 September 2022
- Small Things in the Eighteenth Century
- Small Things in the Eighteenth Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Reading Small Things
- Part II Small Things in Time and Space
- 5 On the Smallness of Numismatic Objects
- 6 Crinoidal Limestone and Staffordshire Teapots
- 7 “Joineriana”
- 8 “Pray What a Pox Are Those Damned Strings of Wampum?”
- Part III Small Things at Hand
- Part IV Small Things on the Move
- Afterword
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the complex physical relations that characterized a range of eighteenth-century literary, visual, and material objects that attached small fragments together into a new larger form. Arguing that these created a dynamic dialogue of part and whole, it explores how the process of joining allowed small fragments, displayed and placed together, to materialize emotional connection. It focuses on four key material forms: the production of herbaria; a series of collaged stained-glass windows at Plas Newydd, the home of the “Ladies of Llangollen,” Lady Eleanor Butler (1739–1829) and Sarah Ponsonby (1755–1831), in Llangollen, North Wales; the interior decoration and furnishings of A la Ronde, in Exmouth, Devon, home to cousins Jane and Mary Parminter (1750–1811 and 1767–1849); and the creation of eighteenth-century patchwork.
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- Small Things in the Eighteenth CenturyThe Political and Personal Value of the Miniature, pp. 109 - 124Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022