The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort, 1750-1950The most important, comprehensive, and sumptuously illustrated addition to the literature of quilting since i1Quilts in America. Most of the book's 250 stunning full-color quilts have never before been published. With them as a reference, Kiracofe shows us how to read a vocabulary of fabrics, dyes, patterns, and other clues to put quilts in their social and cultural context. Full-color photographs. |
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Page 98
... 19th century was Lydia Marie Child's The American Frugal Housewife , which offered such stern admonishments as that " the true economy of housekeeping is simply the art of gathering up all the fragments so that nothing be lost . I mean ...
... 19th century was Lydia Marie Child's The American Frugal Housewife , which offered such stern admonishments as that " the true economy of housekeeping is simply the art of gathering up all the fragments so that nothing be lost . I mean ...
Page 127
... 19th century the one color combination that surpassed all others in popularity was indigo blue and white . In a quiltmaker's body of work , there nearly always was at least one blue - and - white quilt . Often , she saved for her blue ...
... 19th century the one color combination that surpassed all others in popularity was indigo blue and white . In a quiltmaker's body of work , there nearly always was at least one blue - and - white quilt . Often , she saved for her blue ...
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... 19th centuries were huge , and the quilts made to fit them can be 8 , 9 , or even 10 feet square . The much smaller " three - quarter " bed was introduced in the second quarter of the 19th century , causing quilt dimensions to decrease ...
... 19th centuries were huge , and the quilts made to fit them can be 8 , 9 , or even 10 feet square . The much smaller " three - quarter " bed was introduced in the second quarter of the 19th century , causing quilt dimensions to decrease ...
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