American Star Work Coverlets
Author: Judith Gordon
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781558213821
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The origins and construction of 80 starwork coverlets by Pennsylvanian German weavers.
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American Woven Coverlets
American Quilts & Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Amelia Peck
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 0870995928
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Catalogs the Museum's quilt and coverlet collection and discusses the history of the quiltmaker's art
Degrees of Latitude
Author: Margaret Beck Pritchard
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2002-10-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780810935396
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Celebrated for their rarity, historical importance, and beauty, the maps of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries in the collection of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation provide an invaluable resource for the history of settlement in America. In the colonies, maps were essential in facilitating trade and travel, substantiating land claims, and settling boundary disputes. Today, knowing exactly what maps were owned and used during the period gives us a much richer understanding of the aspirations of early Americans.This large, handsome volume -- a carefully researched cultural investigation -- examines how maps were made and marketed, why people here and abroad purchased them, what they reveal about the emerging American nation, and why they were so significant to the individuals who owned them. Among the rare or unique examples included here are several maps that have never before been published. A must for map collectors and historians, this book will also be treasured by the millions who travel each year to Colonial Williamsburg to celebrate their American heritage.
The Woven Coverlets of Norway
Author: Katherine Larson
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780295981314
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Showcases one of Norway's most beautiful and enduring folk arts.
America's Quilts and Coverlets
Author: Carleton L. Safford
Publisher: Plume
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780289709894
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Classic Quilts from the American Museum in Britain
Author: Laura Beresford
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The American Museum in Britain's textile collection is recognised not only as the finest collection of American textiles in Europe but also as one that is equal to many collections in the United States. In addition to carpets, embroideries and furnishing
Frances L. Goodrich's Brown Book of Weaving Drafts
Author: Barbara Miller
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Published: 2014-02-28
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780764345418
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of traditional eighteenth and nineteenth century weaving drafts, written sequences of the threading order on the loom used to create specific patterns. They are presented here in their original form as gathered by Frances L. Goodrich and illustrated in over 160 color photos. This volume also contains over 200 valuable modern translations of the same drafts for use by today's weavers. In 1890, Frances L. Goodrich came to the southern mountains in North Carolina from a life of culture to live and work among people who had little opportunity for education or social enrichment. Through her work for the Presbyterian Home Mission Board, she grew to love and respect these neighbors who worked so hard and had so little. She established schools, a small hospital, and the Allanstand Cottage Industries. As she traveled the mountain roads and trails on horseback, Miss Goodrich collected these precious weaving drafts from the women who wove for Allanstand Cottage Industries. In your hands is the heart of that collection.
Stitched from the Soul
Author: Gladys-Marie Fry
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780807849958
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This richly illustrated book offers a glimpse into the lives and creativity of African American quilters during the era of slavery. Originally published in 1989, Stitched from the Soul was the first book to examine the history of quilting in the enslaved community and to place slave-made quilts into historical and cultural context. It remains a beautiful and moving tribute to an African American tradition. Undertaking a national search to locate slave-crafted textiles, Gladys-Marie Fry uncovered a treasure trove of pieces. The 123 color and black and white photographs featured here highlight many of the finest and most interesting examples of the quilts, woven coverlets, counterpanes, rag rugs, and crocheted artifacts attributed to slave women and men. In a new preface, Fry reflects on the inspiration behind her original research--the desire to learn more about her enslaved great-great-grandmother, a skilled seamstress--and on the deep and often emotional chords the book has struck among readers bonded by an interest in African American artistry.
Textile Art from Southern Appalachia
Author: Kathleen Curtis Wilson
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9781570721984
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Features forty-four coverlets and two quilts made by hand weavers who lived in Western North Carolina, Eastern Kentucky, East Tennessee, and Southwest Virginia. Ms. Wilson has spent many years researching southern Appalachian overshot coverlet weaving.
