Dutch New York between East and West : the world of Margrieta van Varick

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Dutch New York between East and West : the world of Margrieta van Varick

Deborah L. Krohn and Peter N. Miller, editors with Marybeth De Filippis ; [authors], Natalie Zemon Davis... [et al.]

Bard Graduate Center, Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture : New-York Historical Society , Yale University Press, c2009

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Issued in connection with an exhibition held Sept. 18, 2009-Jan. 3, 2010, Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, New York, organized by the Bard Graduate Center in collaboration with the New-York Historical Society

Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-389) and index

Contents of Works

  • The Dutch overseas world in the seventeenth century / Kees Zandvliet
  • Women of a seafaring nation : a chapter in the history of the Dutch Republic, 1580-1700 / Els Kloek
  • Margrieta van Varick in the East : traces of a life / Marybeth De Filippis
  • "It has pleased the Lord that we must learn English" : Dutch New York after 1664 / Jaap Jacobs
  • A portrait of women in seventeenth-century New York / Joyce D. Goodfriend
  • Flatbush in the time of the van Varicks / David William Voorhees
  • Margrieta van Varick in the West : inventory of a life / Ruth Piwonka
  • Catalogue of the exhibition

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Commemorating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage and the lasting legacy of Dutch culture in New York, this book explores the life and times of a fascinating woman, her family, and her things. Margrieta was born in the Netherlands but lived at the extremes of the Dutch colonial world, in Malacca on the Malay Peninsula and in Flatbush, Brooklyn. When she came to New York in 1686 with her husband and set up a shop, she brought an astonishing array of Eastern goods, many of which were documented in an inventory made after her death in 1695. Extensive archival research has enabled a collaborative team to reconstruct her story and establish the depth of her connection to Dutch trading establishments in Asia. This is a groundbreaking contribution to the histories of New York City, the Dutch overseas empire, women, and material culture. Exhibition Schedule: Bard Graduate Center, New York, 9/17/09 - 1/3/10)

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