American Quilts & Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art"This new edition ... brings the story of the Museum's American quilts and bedcovers up to date and presents it in a fresh, colorful new format."--Inside jacket. |
Contents
Foreword by Philippe de Montebello | 8 |
Appliquéd Pieced Quilts | 19 |
Appendix The Materials and Techniques of American Quilts Coverlets | 216 |
Copyright | |
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Adeline Adeline's Album quilt American quilts Amish Amish quilts appliquéd Baltimore Baltimore Album Quilt bed rugs bedcover Bergen County border brown calamanco central chintz collection color Connecticut corner blocks cotton and wool Cotton Gift cotton Inscribed cotton Purchase counterpanes coverlet is woven Crazy quilts decorated Dutchess County eagle eighteenth embroidered embroidery England floral flowers Forestburgh fringe Godey's Lady's Book green hand loom hexagons inscription Lancaster County layers linen Maker unknown Possibly Maker unknown Probably Mary medallion Metropolitan Museum motifs Museum of Art needlework nineteenth century pattern Maker unknown Pennsylvania pieced quilt printed cotton Quilt Maker unknown quilt top REFERENCES Roger Brunschwig Gift Rogers Fund Sag Harbor Sarah self-bound sewing silk quilts squares Star of Bethlehem strips textile undyed cotton warp weavers weaving weft white cotton white woven cotton whitework William Rhinelander Stewart wool wool Gift wool Inscribed woven coverlets York