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Article: 'Rug Hooking' a stimulating tale Readfield woman's scholarly volume sees significant Maine role in craft's history
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- March 17, 2009
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Mildred Cole Peladeau of Readfield has been on a mission to delve
into the history of rug hooking in Maine. Her quest has resulted in
her book, "Rug Hooking in Maine: 1838-1940." The book is a
scholarly, readable and satisfying account of a craft - some would
say, art - still popular after all these years with practitioners
and collectors of handmade textiles.
"It was a long time in the making, about five years," Peladeau,
81, said of researching and writing the book. "I was always
interested in rugs. I knew the information I found would not get out
there unless I did something. There was all sorts of confusing
information out there. I felt I had an obligation to write the
book."
Several ...
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