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This selection contains 29 title(s) on 2 pages.
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  Hand-woven Coverlets in the Newark Museum.
Newark, The Newark Museum, 1947. Softcover. VG-, mild foxing, cover beginning to separate from textblock from dried glue. Blue patterned wraps. 83 pp. 31 bw plates. Â
   ¶ Introductory essay and many illustrations of 17th, 18th and 19th century coverlets with descriptive annotations.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 27596
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  Quilts and Counterpanes in the Newark Museum.
Newark, Newark Museum, 1948. Softcover. VG-, light wear to cover. White and red patterned wraps. 90 pp. Profuse bw plates. Â
   ¶ Features a collection spanning over two hundred years, from 1680 to the turn of the 20th century.
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 32250
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BALTIMORE, MD: BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, 1971.,  The Great American Cover-Up: Counterpanes of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.
1971. Softcover. VG, very slight wear to extremities. Brown wraps. 48 pp. 34 bw plates. Â
   ¶ Exhibition catalogue. The introduction, an essay by Dena S. Katzenberg on colonial and early American textiles, most especially woven blankets and quilting styles, precedes an extensively annotated catalogue of 84 quilts, coverlets, blankets and the like, accompanied as it is by some helpful bw plates.
USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 1589] Book number: 19377
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BISHOP, ROBERT, AND ELIZABETH SAFANDA.,  A Gallery of Amish Quilts: Design Diversity from a Plain People.
New York, E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc, 1976. Softcover. ISBN: 0525111336. VG.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 28071
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BISHOP, ROBERT, AND PATRICIA COBLENTZ.,  New Discoveries in American Quilts.
New York, E.P. Dutton, 1975. Softcover. ISBN: 0525474102. VG, owner's name on cover. Yellow ill. wraps. 127 pp. 60 color plates and 180 bw ills. Â
   ¶ Supplement to "America's Quilts and Coverlets", published in 1972. Many new quilts introduced to Bishop after that publication, and this book highlights 16 types, most of which are Amish.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 27248
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BLUM, DILYS, AND JACK L. LINDSEY.,  Nineteenth-Century Applique Quilts (Volume 85, nos. 363 - 364).
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Fall, 1989. Softcover. VG, exlib with few marks. Pictorial stapled wraps. 45 pp. 9 bw figs. 16 color plates.
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 3530] Book number: 28890
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CA: THE LOS ANGELES MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY ASSOCIATES, DECEMBER 9, 1980 TO JANUARY 15, 1981.,  Small Endearments: 19th Century Quilts for Children and Dolls.
Softcover. VG, exlib, presentation copy. Greyish ill. wraps. Unpaginated. Numerous color and bw ills. Â
   ¶ Features 19th-century American quilts made for children.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 27614
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FLEISCHER, MARTI AND CLAUDIA CHASE.,  American Tapestry Biennial I.
Grand Junction, Colorado, Kathy Spoering, 1996. Softcover. VG (Library plate inside front cover). Off-white stapled wraps with blue lettering; 21 pp.; 35 color reproductions. Â
   ¶ Includes works by Liev Beuten-Schellekens, Pat Dozier, Joan Griffin, Martha Matthews, Jennifer Sargent, Sonni Wendt, and others; Many works accompanied by an annotation by its artist.
USD 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 | £UK 17 | JP¥ 2471] Book number: 110821
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GILBERT, ELIZABETH.,  Two Hundred Years of Nantucket Needlework.
Nantucket, Peter Foulger Museum, 1979. Softcover. Good; VG but for slight water damage to back cover. Tan paper wraps with bw illustration and black lettering; unpaginated with 20 pp. and 15 bw illustrations. Â
   ¶ A catalogue of 71 items on exhibit from July 9 to September 3, 1979; with an introduction by Gilbert.
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 110421
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HARTFORD, CT: WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, NOVEMBER 9 TO DECEMBER 31, 1972.,  Bed Ruggs, 1722 - 1833.
1972. Softcover. VG. White ill. wraps. 80 pp. 4 color, 39 bw plates. Â
   ¶ Exhibit and catalogue organized by J. Herbert Callister. 18th and 19th century New England bed rugs. Plates include descriptive annotations.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3972] Book number: 27567
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HIRSCHL & ADLER FOLK, NY: FEB. 27 TO MAR. 26, 1988.,  Warm and Wonderful: The Jacquard Coverlet.
1988. Softcover. VG-, small white sticker front cover. White wraps. 36 pp. 13 color plates. Â
   ¶ This interesting exhibition catalogue begins with a brief introduction by Frank J. Miele, and continues with a detailed description by Melinda Ventre of the creation process of the woven coverlet, interspersed with wonderful illustrations. Lists 50 works.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3972] Book number: 25473
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HUBER, STEPHEN AND CAROL.,  The Sampler Engagement Calendar and Reference Guide 1999.
Old Saybrook, Connecticut, Stephen and Carol Huber, 1998. Softcover. ISBN: 096245186x. VG (No writing; Pages clean). Color pictorial wraps; Spiralbound; Unpaginated, approx. 110 pp.; 57 color illus. Â
   ¶ 1999 calendar; Annotations for each sampler include information on scene/text depicted, where and when it's from, etc.; Beautiful illustrations.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 109214
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KOPP, JOEL AND KATE.,  American Hooked and Sewn Rugs: Folk Art Underfoot (revised and Enlarged edition).
New York, E. P. Dutton and Co, 1985. Hardcover. ISBN: 0525481109. VG. Color illustrated yellow wraps. 141 pp. 232+ mostly color plates. Â
   ¶ In-depth study of the history and development of hooked rugs.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 105227
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KRUEGER, GLEE.,  A Gallery of American Samplers: The Theodore H. Kapnek Collection.
New York, Bonanza Books, 1978. Hardcover. ISBN: 0517455927. VG no dustjacket. Red cloth. 96 pp. 100 + color and bw ills. Â
   ¶ 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 materials and stitches used, and the sources of the designs.
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 27592
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KRUEGER, GLEE.,  New England Samplers to 1840.
Sturbridge, MA, Old Sturbridge, 1978. Softbound. VG. Light blue wraps. 227 pp. 93 bw plates. Â
   ¶ Includes an index to embroiderers and teachers, a listing of New England schools and/or teachers offering needlwork instruction from 1706-1840, a section of illustrations, and a forty-two page introduction.
USD 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 106.75 | £UK 96.25 | JP¥ 14121] Book number: 20895
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LONDON, ENGLAND: COMMONWEALTH ART GALLERY, JULY 23 TO SEPTEMBER 2, 1976.,  The American Quilt Tradition: An Exhibition to Mark the Bi-centenary of American Independence.
Softcover. VG. White ill. stapled wraps. 56 pp. 46 color and bw ills. Â
   ¶ Text by Shiela Betterton. Chapters survey coverlets, geometric shapes, applique, album quilts, crazy patchwork, Pennsylvania German quilts, special quilts, modern quilts, woven coverlets, and the quilting frame.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 27623
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PA: ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM, SEPTEMBER 25, 1988 TO JANUARY 8, 1989.,  The Ladies' Work Table: Domestic Needlework in Nineteenth-Century America.
Softcover. ISBN: 0929011392. VG. Blue ill. wraps. xix, 140 pp. 100 color and bw ills. Â
   ¶ Text by Margaret Vincent. Exhibit and catalogue examines characteristics, trends, materials, patterns, and uses of American needlework. Covers the Federal era, the Victorian period, the Civil War, the aesthetic movement in America, and ethnic, rural and regional traditions.
USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 | £UK 60.25 | JP¥ 8826] Book number: 27634
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PA: PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, 1971.,  The Story of Samplers.
1971. Softcover. VG-, slight wear to cover edges and corners, some passages underlined in pencil. Tan ill. wraps. 18 pp. + 48 bw plates.
   ¶ History of samplers from England, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and the United States, written by Marianna Merritt Hornor. Inlcudes many illustrations of samplers from each country listed above.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 27612
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PECK, SHERRY WITH JEAN GILMORE AND EMILY JULIA REYNOLDS.,  American Needlework Now: Traditional and Contemporary.
Newark, Delaware, University of Delaware, 1976. Softcover. Good, clean and tight but for ex-lib. pocket inside back cover and very slight sunning to cover edges. White wraps with bw illustration and black lettering; 39 pp. with several bw illustrations. Â
   ¶ Catalogue from the exhibition held February 1976; with 63 works exhibited of various types of needlework; includes information about all kinds of needlework.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 113284
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RING, BETTY.,  American Needlework Treasures: Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection of Betty Ring.
NY, E.P. Dutton, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0525482903. VG. Blue wraps. 112 pp. 172 color & bw plates. Â
   ¶ This could be considered the standard reference work for all those interested in needlework and in American folk art in general. The embroideries illlustrated in this book are organized into the regions where they were made. Lavishly illustrated.
USD 300.00 [Appr.: EURO 200.25 | £UK 180.5 | JP¥ 26477] Book number: 22430
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RING, BETTY.,  Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework, 1650-1850 (2 volumes).
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Hardbound. ISBN: 0394550099. VG+/VG+. Two volumes in black cloth with pictorial dustjackets. V1: xix, 281 pp. V2: pp. 282-583. Together, these two volumes contain 247 bw and 376 color plates. Â
   ¶ Written by the foremost authority on this subject, this set really is the bible on the topic. The richly colored illustrations are a treasure to behold. The scholarship is extraordinary. Fully indexed, and very easy and pleasant to read. A must have set!.
USD 230.00 [Appr.: EURO 153.5 | £UK 138.25 | JP¥ 20299] Book number: 30310
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SAFFORD, CARLETON L AND ROBERT BISHOP.,  America's Quilts and Coverlets.
NY, E.P. Dutton, 1972. Hardcover. ISBN: 0525053956. VG/G-, book in very good condition, DJ torn. Sky blue cloth. Pictorial DJ. 313 pp. 462 color & bw plates. Â
   ¶ Everything you always wanted to know about quilts and coverlets but were afraid to ask!.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 23405.1
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SCHIFFER, MARGARET.,  Historical Needlework of Pennsylvania.
Bonanza Books, 1958. Hardbound. VG/VG. White cloth with color dustjacket. 160 pp. 100+ bw images.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 104980
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SIZER, THEODORE AND NANCY ET AL.,  To Ornament Their Minds: Sarah Pierce's Litchfield Female Academy 1792-1833.
Litchfield, Connecticut, Litchfield Historical Society, 1993. Softcover. VG. Goldenrod illus. wraps; 132 pp.; 59 bw and color figures. Â
   ¶ Includes writings by Theodore and Nancy Sizer, Sally Schwager, Lynne Templeton Brickley, and Glee Krueger about the Litchfield Female Academy, its attendees and arts; Contains list of known students and checklists of objects from the academy in various collections.
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6619] Book number: 108524
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SWAN, SUSAN BURROUGHS.,  Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 003015121x. VG/VG. Red cloth/color DJ. 240 pp. 23 color, 123 bw plates.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 20949
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