Irish Dressers and Delph: Homemaking through time

How do people transform a house or flat into a home that nourishes both body and soul? How do they engage in the alchemy of homemaking? This book focuses a scholarly lens on one homemaking practice, dresser- and delph-keeping in western Connemara, where people utilise these everyday belongings and heirlooms to evoke a powerful sense of welcome and emotional wellbeing. Written for a broad, non-specialist audience, this richly illustrated book presents the results of an anthropological and ar...