Quilts - Their Story and How to Make Them - gebunden oder broschiert

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 3