The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort 1750-1950 - Rilegato

Kiracofe, Roderick; Huff, Mary Elizabeth Johnson

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0517575353 ISBN 13: 9780517575352

Casa editrice: Clarkson Potter, 1993

Riassunto

A celebration of the quilt features more than 250 full-color photographs and a text that shows readers how to examine fabrics, dyes, patterns, and other clues in order to place quilts in their social and cultural context. 40,000 first printing.

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Informazioni sull'autore

RODERICK KIRACOFE was cofounder of The Quilt Digest, produced Homage to Amanda: 200 Years of American Quilts, and authored Cloth & Comfort. He has assembled corporate and private quilt collections across the country and curated quilt exhibits here and abroad. He lives in San Francisco.

MARY ELIZABETH JOHNSON wrote her first quilt book in 1976 and has since authored a dozen more craft and home decorating titles. Her latest and final book on the subject will be a history of the quilting in her home state of Alabama. She lives in Montgomery.

For more information, visit www.theamericanquilt.com.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

The 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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Clarkson Potter
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0517575353
• ISBN 13: 9780517575352
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 290
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile