Description
From the Dust Jacket
The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt is a volume unique among works on art design. The slow changing of our social patterns has been recorded in many ways, but no one product has so closely reflected the folkways of some portions of American life as has the patchwork quilt. Although quilt making is one of the world’s oldest arts, the pieced quilt, according to Mrs. Hall, is our own American production. The patchwork quilt, as such, has come to be a distinctly American art form, indigenous to our native soil and well embedded in the background of our national consciousness. It has played a part in the history of our nation, and many interesting aspects of early American history are reflected in its development. The patchwork quilt is today a vigorous and flourishing form of American art. The romance of the patchwork quilt throughout America’s past and the important part it plays in America’s present are portrayed graphically with words and photographically with illustrations in Mrs. Hall’s book. Over a period of years Mrs. Hall has accumulated a collection of more than one thousand quilt patches, both antique and modern, showing practically every design and motif of design ever created in America. This collection, which she has entrusted to the Thayer Museum of the University of Kansas, formed the inspiration for her book, The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt. Quilt lovers and quilt makers, amateur and professional, will find the illustrations and designs invaluable. Mrs. Rose Kretsinger of Emporia, Kansas, author of Part III, has contributed a number of photographs of quilts and quilt designs to the book. Many of the quilts are of her own making, and many of the designs are of her own creation. Mrs. Kretsinger is an artist with the brush as well as with the needle. She is an honor graduate of the Design Department of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she taught before her marriage. She also designed jewelry for several Michigan Avenue firms in Chicago.
Publishing Info
The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America. In three parts. Part I: History and Quilt Patches. Part II: Quilts — Antique and Modern. These two sections by Carrie A. Hall. Part III: Quilting and Quilting Designs. This written by Rose G. Kretsinger. Photographs are by Mary Ellen Everhard. From Bonanza Books with 1935 copyright, likely a later printing. This hardcover measures 9-1/4″ x 6-3/8″ and has 299 pages, ending with the Index.
Condition
See photo above. The dust jacket is in very good condition for age with some wear around around the edges. The boards and pages are in very good condition. No names or other markings noted. Purchased used and has “musty basement” smell at the moment. Stored and shipped from clean, smoke-free home.
Shipping
Generally sent the same day payment arrives. Unless you request otherwise, I will wrap the book in plastic wrap to help protect it from the elements, create a custom-made cardboard box to ship it in, and send via Media Mail with Delivery Confirmation tracking. See the shipping page for the cost to send a two-pound Media Mail package. Insurance is an additional cost as described. I am delighted to combine postage and insurance costs if you purchase more than one item. The second item may travel for free or just a few cents more — so it’s worth taking a look at my other items before you complete your order.
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