Quilts - Their Story And How To Make Them (Hardcover)

QUILTS THEIR STORY AND HOW TO MAKE THEM by MARIE D. WEBSTER. Originally published in 1915. Contents include: Introduction xv I. Patchwork in Antiquity .... 3 II. Patchwork and Quilting-During the Middle Ages u 10 III. Patchwork and Quilting in Old England 34 IV. The Quilt in America 60 V. How Quilts Are Made .... 89 VI. Quilt Names 115 VII. Quilt Collections and Exhibitions . 133 VIII. The Quilts Place in American Life 14.0 List of Quilt Names, Arranged Al phabetically 169 List of References 177 LIST OF COLOUR PLATES FOLLOWOJG PAGB The Bed-time Quilt 8 The Iris Design 8 Morning Glories 40 Daisy Quilt . . . 40 Poppy Design 56 The Sunflower Quilt 56 Pink Rose Design 72 The Wind-blown Tulip Design .... 72 Golden Butterflies and Pansies 88 The Snowflake Quilt Design 88 The Dogwood Quilt 104 The Wild Rose 104 Morning Glory 120 Keepsake Quilt 120 Section of Funeral Tent of an Egyptian Queen, Made in a Patchwork of Coloured Goatskins 32 Old English Applique ....... 32 Fifth Century Applique 32 Armenian Patchwork St. George and the Dragon 32 Persian Quilted Linen Bath Carpet Seven teenth Century 32 Old English Hanging with Applique Figures 32 Modern Egyptian Patchwork Four Cushion Covers 32 Modern Egyptian Patchwork Panels for Screens 32 Modern Egyptian Patchwork Panels for Wall Decoration 32 Double Nine Patch 32 Pieced Baskets 32 Bedroom, Cochran Residence, Deerfield, Mass 32 Jacobs Ladder 32 Conventional Tulip 82 Old German Applique, Metropolitan Mu seum, New York 32 Double X 32 Puss-in-the-Corner 64 Tea Leaves 64 Feather Star 64 Drunkards Path 64 Star of the East 64 White Quilt with Tufted Border, Metropol itan Museum, New York 64 Sunburst and Wheel of Fortune .... 64 Tree of Paradise 64 OldBed and Trundle Bed 64 Two White Tufted Bedspreads 64 Tufted Bedspread with Knotted Fringe . . 64 Unknown Star 64 Combination Rose 64 Double Tulip 64 Princess Feathers 64 Princess Feathers with Border 64 Peonies 96 North Carolina Lily 96 Feather Star with Applique 96 Tulip Tree Leaves 96 Mexican Rose 96 Currants and Cockscomb 96 Conventional Applique 96 Single Tulip 96 Ohio Rose 96 Rose of Sharon 96 Original Floral Designs 96 Conventional Tulip 96 Conventional Rose 96 Conventional Rose Wreath 96 Poinsettia 96 Whig Rose 96 Harrison Rose 128 Detail of Harrison Rose, Showing Quilting 128 Original Rose Design 128 Pineapple Design 128 Virginia Rose 128 Rose of LeMoine 128 Charter Oak 128 Puffed Quilt of Silk 128 Variegated Hexagon, Silk ...... 128 Roman Stripe, Silk 128 xi

General

Imprint:	Read Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2008
First published:	November 2008
Authors:	Marie Webster
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Laminated cover
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-1-4437-2716-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4437-2716-4
Barcode:	9781443727167

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