Cats On Quilts
Any longtime feline fancier will confirm the title of former museum curator Fox's book: cats are not only on, but under, atop, and beside quilts, since our four-legged friends instinctively gravitate toward homemade comfort. The author lends credibility to her display of more than 45 quilts by, first, detailing the history of cat illustrations, whether in stitchery or other artwork, and, second, imbuing the gallery of examples with scholarship by the inclusion of a verse or text for almost every entry. Writers such as Emily Dickinson and Harper Lee are paired with crazy, appliqued, and just plain "cat" quilts, made by American women, ranging from a Maryland asylum inmate to a Nebraska grandmother. A purr-fect book for lovers of cats or quilts.Barbara JacobsCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved