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Author:   Patricia Cox Crews ,  Carolyn Ducey ,  International Quilt Museum
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:  

9780803295926

ISBN 10:   0803295928
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   01 February 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface     Acknowledgments     Introduction: American Quilts in the Industrial Age, 1760–1870     Carolyn Ducey, Christine Humphrey, and Patricia Cox Crews 1. Early Spreads     Lynne Z. Bassett and Linda Baumgarten 2. Whole Cloth Quilts     Lynne Z. Bassett, Linda Baumgarten, and Christine Humphrey 3. Chintz Appliqué Quilts     Carolyn Ducey 4. Pieced Quilts     Janice E. Frisch and Xenia Cord, Patricia Cox Crews, Carolyn Ducey, Jonathan Gregory, Virginia Gunn, and Christine Humphrey 5. Appliqué Quilts     Virginia Gunn, Carolyn Ducey, and Jonathan Gregory Notes     Bibliography     Contributors     Index

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This comprehensive catalog will be extremely useful to quilt scholars and lovers around the world. It does an excellent job of showing us how each quilt has something to teach us. This book will appeal both to a scholarly audience and to a broader audience of quilt makers and enthusiasts. -Aimee Newell, executive director of the Luzerne County Historical Society (Pennsylvania) and the author of Stitch in Time: The Needlework of Aging Women in Antebellum America -- Aimee Newell This book connects the large and immensely important collection at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Nebraska with the historical context in which these quilts were made. It covers an important topic that will be of interest to a wide range of scholars, collectors, and practitioners. An important contribution to the field. -Linda Eaton, director of collections and senior curator of textiles at Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library at the University of Delaware and the author of Quilts in a Material World -- Linda Eaton This generous volume testifies to the wealth of data available at the IQSCM and demonstrates its dedication to using its collections for cutting-edge research. In conjunction with its earlier volume, American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940 (2009), it is a rich resource for quilt studies education and related courses in American history, women's history, decorative arts, and textiles. -Teri Klassen, Journal of Folklore Research -- Teri Klassen * Journal of Folklore Research *

This comprehensive catalog will be extremely useful to quilt scholars and lovers around the world. It does an excellent job of showing us how each quilt has something to teach us. This book will appeal both to a scholarly audience and to a broader audience of quilt makers and enthusiasts. -Aimee Newell, executive director of the Luzerne County Historical Society (Pennsylvania) and the author of Stitch in Time: The Needlework of Aging Women in Antebellum America -- Aimee Newell This book connects the large and immensely important collection at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Nebraska with the historical context in which these quilts were made. It covers an important topic that will be of interest to a wide range of scholars, collectors, and practitioners. An important contribution to the field. -Linda Eaton, director of collections and senior curator of textiles at Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library at the University of Delaware and the author of Quilts in a Material World -- Linda Eaton An important contribution to scholarship on the art and history of the quilt, American Quilts in the Industrial Age does additional work for the broader field of material culture studies, providing a model for collaborative scholarship and what can be learned through the rigorous archaeology of objects. -B.L. Herman, CHOICE -- B.L. Herman * CHOICE * This generous volume testifies to the wealth of data available at the IQSCM and demonstrates its dedication to using its collections for cutting-edge research. In conjunction with its earlier volume, American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940 (2009), it is a rich resource for quilt studies education and related courses in American history, women's history, decorative arts, and textiles. -Teri Klassen, Journal of Folklore Research -- Teri Klassen * Journal of Folklore Research *

This comprehensive catalog will be extremely useful to quilt scholars and lovers around the world. It does an excellent job of showing us how each quilt has something to teach us. This book will appeal both to a scholarly audience and to a broader audience of quilt makers and enthusiasts. -Aimee Newell, executive director of the Luzerne County Historical Society (Pennsylvania) and the author of Stitch in Time: The Needlework of Aging Women in Antebellum America -- Aimee Newell This book connects the large and immensely important collection at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Nebraska with the historical context in which these quilts were made. It covers an important topic that will be of interest to a wide range of scholars, collectors, and practitioners. An important contribution to the field. -Linda Eaton, director of collections and senior curator of textiles at Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library at the University of Delaware and the author of Quilts in a Material World -- Linda Eaton The ambitious goal of the IQSCM to successfully relate to quilt scholars and enthusiasts on every level has more than been met in this volume. The vivid imagery and narrative offers a glimpse into the lives of American women through the work of their hands and preserves an important part of the history of the first hundred years of the American republic. -Sherry Massey, Chronicles of Oklahoma -- Sherry Massey * Chronicles of Oklahoma * An important contribution to scholarship on the art and history of the quilt, American Quilts in the Industrial Age does additional work for the broader field of material culture studies, providing a model for collaborative scholarship and what can be learned through the rigorous archaeology of objects. -B.L. Herman, Choice -- B.L. Herman * Choice * This generous volume testifies to the wealth of data available at the IQSCM and demonstrates its dedication to using its collections for cutting-edge research. In conjunction with its earlier volume, American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940 (2009), it is a rich resource for quilt studies education and related courses in American history, women's history, decorative arts, and textiles. -Teri Klassen, Journal of Folklore Research -- Teri Klassen * Journal of Folklore Research *

This comprehensive catalog will be extremely useful to quilt scholars and lovers around the world. It does an excellent job of showing us how each quilt has something to teach us. This book will appeal both to a scholarly audience and to a broader audience of quilt makers and enthusiasts. -Aimee Newell, executive director of the Luzerne County Historical Society (Pennsylvania) and the author of Stitch in Time: The Needlework of Aging Women in Antebellum America -- Aimee Newell This book connects the large and immensely important collection at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Nebraska with the historical context in which these quilts were made. It covers an important topic that will be of interest to a wide range of scholars, collectors, and practitioners. An important contribution to the field. -Linda Eaton, director of collections and senior curator of textiles at Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library at the University of Delaware and the author of Quilts in a Material World -- Linda Eaton

This comprehensive catalog will be extremely useful to quilt scholars and lovers around the world. It does an excellent job of showing us how each quilt has something to teach us. This book will appeal both to a scholarly audience and to a broader audience of quilt makers and enthusiasts. -Aimee Newell, executive director of the Luzerne County Historical Society and the author of Stitch in Time: The Needlework of Aging Women in Antebellum America -- Aimee Newell This book connects the large and immensely important collection at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Nebraska with the historical context in which these quilts were made. It covers an important topic that will be of interest to a wide range of scholars, collectors, and practitioners. An important contribution to the field. -Linda Eaton, director of collections and senior curator of textiles at Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library at the University of Delaware and the author of Quilts in a Material World -- Linda Eaton

Author Information

Patricia Cox Crews is founding director emerita of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum and professor emeritus in the Department of Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She has edited and coedited multiple books, including American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870–1940: The International Quilt Study Center Collections (Nebraska, 2009) and Wild by Design: Two Hundred Years of Innovation and Artistry in American Quilts. Carolyn Ducey is curator of collections at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum. She is the author of Chintz Appliqué: From Imitation to Icon and is a contributing author of Wild by Design: Two Hundred Years of Innovation and Artistry in American Quilts.  

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