QUILTS FROM THE INDIANA AMISH A Regional Collection
E. P. Dutton, 1983. Softbound. More
E. P. Dutton, 1983. Softbound. More
Swarthmore, PA: Marguerite Porter Davison, 1950. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering; 217 pp, profusely illustrated in bw. Contents: 1 Twill Treadings -- 2. Bird's Eye and Rose Path -- 3. Modified Twills -- 4. Twill Combinations -- 5. Grouped Warp Threads -- 6. M's and O's..... More
Swarthmore, PA: Marguerite Porter Davison, 1971. Ninth Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth/boards with gilt border and lettering. Patterned green dj with black lettering. xvii + 217 pp. full of bw illustrations of patterns. Sought after for nearly a century, A Handweaver's Pattern Book is the venerable compendium of weaving patterns found..... More
Lima: Textil Piura, 1988. Hardcover. B/w textured cloth; yellow/red color-illus. dust jacket with white lettering. Mylar cover. 327 pp. with a color map of Peru and a color chronology; color plates throughout. Text in Spanish. Includes introductory material by Mario Vargas Llosa, Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, and Fernando de Szyzlo. With..... More
Lima: Integra AFP, 1999. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards with Swedish blue lettering. Color-illustrated dj with white lettering. Matching end papers. 844 pp. with color plates throughout; 3 gatefolds. Oversized, at 11 pounds. Parallel text, Spanish/English. An important book of pre-Columbian Peruvian textiles, the colonial and Republican past. With stunning fabrics from..... More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1978. Hardcover. Orange cloth, orange ill. DJ. xii, 299 pp. Numerous bw ills. Fascinating and generously illustrated study that presents full scope of textile mill history. More
Wilmington, Delaware: E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Inc, 1940, circa. Hardcover. dark green cloth boards w/ gilt stamped printing. 45 pgs w/ color thread samples. Opening pages include production procedures and chemical tables, followed by 17, double sided thread samples printed on a very thick, cardboard stock. All..... More
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2000. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. Profusely illustrated in color. 282 pp. More
Storrs, Connecticut: Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2005. Softcover. White-and-beige illus. wraps; 175 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color plates. Contains quilts by 170 members of the Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.; Beautiful plates; Includes contact information for all of the artists. More
Washington, DC: Textile Museum, 1973. Softcover. Color illus. stapled wraps; 27 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. Accompanied an exhibition held at the Textile Museum of Washington, DC; Includes information about the cultural background of the Cuna Indians. More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1929. Second printing. Hardcover. Yellow cloth. 202 pp. 1 color, 96 bw plates. A wonderful copy of this important title. Chapter headings include: Patchwork in Early America; The Quilting Bee; How Quilts Are Made; Development of Quilt Designs; Cutting The Patches; The Four-Patch; The Nine-Patch; Diamonds;..... More
Charles T. Branford Company, 1980. Reprint. Softcover. Gray & illus. paper wraps, 202 pp., 96 BW plates plus 100 BW line drawing diagrams. A wonderful copy of this important title, first published in 1929. Chapter headings are: Patchwork in Early America; The Quilting Bee; How Quilts Are Made; Development of..... More
Santa Fe, New Mexico: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1994. Softcover. multi-color illustrated wraps w/ blue printing. 195 pgs w/ color illustrations. Illustrated throughout. More
Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press. Softbound. Color pictorial wraps. xii + 264pp,, Over 70 color plates and nearly 100 bw plates. Topics include: ; . a history of weaving along the Rio Grande; Spanish-Americans, their . servants and sheep: ; a cultural history of weaving in southern..... More
New York: Collier Books, 1975. First Collier Edition. Softcover. Glossy, graph-paper wraps with brick lettering. 225 pp. with 173 bw images. The basic principles of cloth construction, outlined for weavers who already know the general mechanics of the loom and who with to produce fabrics of variety and originality. With..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: Bulfinch Press, 2002. Hardcover. copper cloth boards w/ bronze spine printing. 303 pgs w/ color, bw illustrations. glossy multi-color dustjacket w/ printing. Opening pages have rubbing/chips/tears to middle. A rather rough, but intact copy. "More than 350 full-color and black-and-white photographs highlight this comprehensive guide to the art..... More
Santiago: Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, 1992. Softcover. Color-illus. white, stapled wraps with olive green lettering. 55 pp. with 40 color and bw figures. Text in Spanish. Brief version of the larger catalogue from the exhibition of November 1992 to June 1993. All about color, especially in the Andes area..... More
Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley, 1976. Softbound. Color illustrated white wraps. [48] pp., 6 color (including covers) and numerous bw plates and illustrations. The first four sheets are included twice, making this particular copy have a greater thickness. Otherwise normal and certainly complete. A wonderful reference on a seldom-written-about..... More
Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley, 1976. Softbound. Color illustrated white wraps. [48] pp., 6 color (including covers) and numerous bw plates and illustrations. A wonderful reference on a seldom-written-about topic. More
London, England: Pasold Research Fund, 1979. Hardcover. Blue cloth. 317 pp. 95 bw plates. More
New York: Cora Ginsburg LLC, 2006. Paperback. White and illustrated stapled wraps, red spine, gilt lettering. 35 pp. Profusely illustrated in color, 3 fold-outs. Titi Hale, Owner. Winter 2006. More
Appleton, WI: The Institute of Paper Chemistry, 1940. Hardcover. Brown boards with black cloth spine/brown slipcase. 27 pp. Color plates. Plate III missing or removed from bound book. Plates I, II, III, IV and V enclosed in black envelope labeled "Color Charts from Graff's Color Atlas". Therefore, there is one..... More
Santa Fe, New Mexico: School of American Research Press, 2004. Softcover. Red & blue & color illus. wraps, 200 pp., color illus. "For centuries, the Zinacantec Maya women of Mexico have woven and embroidered textiles that express their social and aesthetic values and embody their role as mothers and daughters..... More
Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art, 1989. Softcover. Charcoal wraps. 94 pp. Numerous color & bw plates. Catalogue of an exhibition from April 15- October 1,1989 at Williams College Musuem of Art, and at 7 other locations. More
Vancouver, British Columbia: Douglas & McIntyre, Ltd., 1980. Hardcover. Tan cloth, gilt letters on spine, black & color illus. dust jacket, 131 pp., 101 BW illus., 5 color plates. "Salish weaving ... is one of the great aboriginal arts of North America. For at least twelve centuries the Salish people..... More