| American Quilts & Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art | 
 enlarge | Author: Amelia Peck
Creator: Cynthia V A Schaffner
Publisher: MQ Publications US
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 346980
Format: Illustrated
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.6
Dimensions (in): 11 x 10.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0979740002
Dewey Decimal Number: 745
EAN: 9780979740008
ASIN: 0979740002
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
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Product Description
American Quilts and Coverlets is the ultimate book on historical Quilts in America. Featuring over 150 outstanding examples and beautifully designed with stunning color illustrations, the book spotlights the Metropolitan Museum of Art's growing collection of our nation's finest and most comprehensive assemblage of traditional American quilts. From wonderful 18th century quilts and extraordinary Amish work to an exceptional 1856 quilt containing hundreds of signatures of important Americans - including seven U.S. presidents, this book gives the reader an even greater understanding and admiration of quilting as Americana. Special features include an illustrated Highlights section and all-new technical appendix by Elena Phipps, the Museum's Senior Conservator in the Department of Textile Conservation. Museum curator and respected authority Amelia Peck contributes new scholarship and an informative and entertaining Introduction.
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Well done revision! August 4, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book offers very interesting historical reading about the museum's quilts, blankets and woven coverlets and personal histories connnected to the items. The majority of the collection come from northeastern American states. Special quilts and textiles are shown as well as everyday bed coverings used in the 18th-20th centuries.
The featured textiles include full photos of the item and large detail photos with incredible detail, letting you see the stitches, signatures, fabrics and woven sections of the coverlets. The book ends with a catalogue of their entire collection of American bed textiles, with two pictures per page and file information. Information like this is gold if you want the textile details, accession number, their notes and who gave it when type of facts. The index is laid out well, with bolded pattern and style names, useful!
 The Quintessential American Quilt Reference Book January 18, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is an expanded version of Amerlia Peck's writing on this subject origianlly published in 1990. It is well organized by type; the colors and the detail in the photogrpahs are mesmerizing. Peck has a talent for conveying information that is simultaneously instructive and entertaining. I'm impressed with the social, material, historic and design development range covered. Very comprehensive. I've given it as a gift more than once.
 Good photos except... January 7, 2008
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is all pretty good except for the close-up detail photos. Somebody cheaped out and didn't take actual close-up shots. Instead it seems they just enlarged the overall shot which comes out too blurry to be able to examine any detail. That is very disappointing in a book from the Met - also the editing seems a bit lax. I'm no grammar police, but there were several obvious mistakes.
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