have been reading this book and which i can recommend heartily for its historical and documentation purposes. lots of delish info on quilts at the Winterthur Museum, built by DuPont (yes THAT DuPont) in Delaware. The museum owns over 300,000 textile pieces, 300 quilts. There is a full-page photo of a huge sunburst quilt made in 1827 by Rebecca Scattergood Savery that has never been washed so the colors and condition are pristine. There's also a quilt that was made in Hallowell, Maine, a port city about one hour north of here and also a quilt made by the cousin of John Quincy Adams' wife. **** gotta go, job interview this morning.....now where ARE those pantyhose?
Looks like a great book! I love the historical stuff about quilts.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the interview!!