American Antique Quilts
Tokyo: Katsuro Ishizuka, 1981. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. 128 pp. Numerous bw ills., 86 color plates. Written in Japanese and English. Featuring quilts from the impressive Margaret Cavigga Quilt Collection. More
Tokyo: Katsuro Ishizuka, 1981. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. 128 pp. Numerous bw ills., 86 color plates. Written in Japanese and English. Featuring quilts from the impressive Margaret Cavigga Quilt Collection. More
New York, NY: E. P. Dutton, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Blue illustrated wraps with white lettering, viii, 112 pp. 112 pp., color illustrations. "American samplers and pictorial embroideries, now regarded as important and charming examples of American folk art, survive in astonishing numbers, probably because they have been treasured through..... More
Sullivan, Wisconsin: The Scarlet Letter, 2001. Softcover. Green and color-illus. wraps; magazine binding with white lettering. 80 pp. with 15 color plates and 92 bw illus. Includes an introduction and essay by Van Valin (Epistolary Needlework), poetry, and numerous additional essays. Included are The Story of a Collection by Carol..... More
New York: Au Quatrieme, John Wanamaker, nd. Softcover. White ill. stapled wraps. 23 pp. Profuse bw ills. French, Flemish, Tapestries, Mantels, and Mural Decorations for sale at John Wanamaker's. Plates are annotated and include sale prices. More
Los Angeles: Autry Museum of Western Heritage, 1997. Hardcover. Navy cloth, patterned DJ. 127 pp. 66 color plates. Features a fine selection of contemporary quilts. More
Mill Valley, California: American Quilt Study Group, 1986. Softcover. Turquoise wraps with black lettering. 168 pp. with occasional bw illus. Includes 10 different articles/papers about quilts/textiles of Kent County in Maryland, Central Pennsylvania, the Amish, Kentucky, Hawaii, Missouri, South Carolina, Indonesia, and more. More
Mill Valley, California: American Quilt Study Group, 1984. Softcover. Blue wraps. 153 pp. Numerous bw illus. Contains ten papers by various authors, including Applique Button Blankets in Northwest Coast Indian Culture, Documenting Kentucky's Quilts, Recollections of Childhood Recorded in a Tennessee Quilt, and more. More
San Francisco, California: American Quilt Study Group, 1990. Softcover. Color illus. wraps with black lettering on yellow ochre spine. 167 pp. Numerous bw illus. Contains ten papers, including Nebraska Quiltmakers; Mourning Quilts in America; Nineteenth-Century Trends; and more. More
New York: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1993. Softcover. White wraps, color illustrated, purple and red lettering, xiv, 240 pp, illustrated in bw throughout. Chapters on The History and The Craft. Also includes sources of supplies and an index. More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1953. Presentation copy. Hardcover. Oatmeal cloth/boards with blue/red lettering and decorative end papers. Bw-illus. dj with red/white lettering. Oblong. 96 pp. with bw and color illus. and line drawings. Inscribed to "Elaina" (Elena Barnet, wife of Will Barnet) from the author. "Embroidery is a challenge..... More
Bothell, Washington: That Patchwork Place, 1991. Softcover. Color-illus. wraps with white lettering. 36 pp. with color and bw illus. 16 unused, full-size patterns for original applique border designs, in ziploc bag. Construction, instructions, glossary, and more. Patterns galore. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924. Hardcover. Black patterned cloth. xx, 14 pp. + 110 bw plates. Essay on the history and development of lace from Peru, England and North American Indians and colonists. Includes stunning examples. Description of each plate on verso of preceding plate./ "The present volume is..... More
Marion, Indiana: Marie D. Webster / Doubleday, Page & Company, 1929. Fifth printing. Hardcover. Textured adobe cloth with mocha images and navy blue lettering. No dj. 178 pp. with color frontis and 14 additional color plates; numerous bw illustrations. A quilting classic covering patchwork in antiquity, the midle ages, Old..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1928. Hardcover. Bluish cloth, gilt lettering. xiii, 357 pp. Profuse bw ills. A veritable encyclopedia of tools and materials from around the world associated with needlework. Some examples include bobbins, sewing machines, awls, needles and hooks, workbaskets, winders, scissors, pincushions, shuttles, pole-boards, and thimbles. More
1990. Softcover. Yellow stapled wraps. 20 pp. Numerous bw plates. More
College Park: University of Maryland, nd. Softcover. White ill. stapled wraps. 20 pp. 6 bw ills. Examination of 13 Maryland weavers spanning the period from 1835 to 1879. A partial listing of the weavers includes Andrew Corick, Joshua Corick, Jonathan Garber, Jacob Gernand, Benedict Kissner, W. H. Gernand, and Abraham..... More
New York: Viking Studio Books, 1994. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. viii, 143 pp. 144 bw and color plates. The author examines quilting as a major part of our nation's history. Beautiful illustrations display friendship quilts, family quilts, wedding quilts, and mourning quilts, with a discussion of each type's fascinating background and..... More
Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1996. Hardcover. Red cloth, pale yellow ill. DJ. xviii, 396 pp.; richly illustrated primarily in color. Extensive survey of African-American quiltmakers. More
Nantucket, Mass. Peter Foulger Museum, 1979. Softcover. Tan paper wraps with bw illustration and black lettering; unpaginated with 20 pp. and 15 bw illustrations. A catalogue of 71 items on exhibit from July 9 to September 3, 1979; with an introduction by Gilbert. More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1978. Softcover. Color illustrated wraps. 96 pp. 100 + color and bw ills. Features samplers dating from 1678 to 1865. DJ says, ...Provides comprehensive study of the development of the American sampler, with special attention to the types of schools where this work was taught, the..... More
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, 1987. 1990. Revised Printing. Softcover. Color illus. & light turquoise wraps, 88 pp., many BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1987-1988 exhibition of African-American quilts from the collection of Eli Leon. "Among the thousands of examples by..... More
Lafayette: C & T Publishing, 1997. Softcover. White ill. wraps. 112 pp. Numerous bw and color ills. Topics explore colonial American textiles, design influences, patterns, and the industrialization of textiles. Includes patterns for five quilts. More
New York: William Helburn, Inc., 1926. first. Softbound. Printed wraps. iv, 14 pp. followed by 28 bw plates. Bibliographical footnotes. More
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania: Brandywine River Museum, 1997. Softcover. Pale green textile-image wraps with black lettering. 32 pp. with 4 color plates and 17 bw illus. Catalogue from the exhibition of January to March 1997. With an extensive essay, accompanied by the illustrated works from the catalogue of 23 quilts on..... More
Brooklyn: Henry Bristow, 1883. Softcover. Tan ill. wraps with black lettering. 29 pp. 29 bw ills. Instruction manual on various types of stitching - or drawing thread. Also contains instructions on making sofa cushions. More