Term used from the 17th to the 19th centuries in England for chapbooks, usually of eight pages and sometimes with a woodcut title page, containing songs, poems, nursery rhymes and tales. The word "garland" often occurred in the books' titles.
Use for motifs of garlands of flowers, fruit, or foliage hung loosely from two points. Distinct from "swags," which refers to decorative textiles similarly hung.
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Term used from the 17th to the 19th centuries in England for chapbooks, usually of eight pages and sometimes with a woodcut title page, containing songs, poems, nursery rhymes and tales. The word "garland" often occurred in the books' titles.,
Use for motifs of garlands of flowers, fruit, or foliage hung loosely from two points. Distinct from "swags," which refers to decorative textiles similarly hung.