American quilts
Subtitle: nature, art, and history
By: Robert Shaw.
Publisher: Sterling
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781402747731
Subjects: Quilts -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. The democratic art; title: 1. Old world traditions and American beginnings, 1780-1825; title: 2. King Cotton, 1825-1860; title: 3. The golden age of appliqué, 1840-1860; title: 4. The rise of the pieced quilt, 1840-1880; title: 5. A nation divided, 1840-1870; title: 6. Exuberance and imagination, 1870-1910; title: 7. Crazy quilts and log cabins, 1876-1920; title: 8. Diversity, 1870-1940; title: 9. The Amish, 1880-1940; title: 10. Nostalgia, social causes, and hard times, 1910-1940; title: 11. Simmering along, 1940-1970; title: 12. The great revival, 1970-2000; title: 13. The art of intention, 1970-2000; title: 14. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow, 2000-2007; title: Acknowledgments; title: Bibliography and resources; title: Index; title: Picture credits.