Making History: Quilts & Fabric From 1890–1970
Barbara Brackman
Quilt History & BiographyBarbara Brackman pairs decade-by-decade fabric trends with the quilts made from them, spanning eighty years of American textile production. The book works as both a dating guide for collectors and a social history of how fabric availability shaped quilt design. Quilts are organized chronologically by fabric era, with commentary on the prints and dye technologies typical of each period.
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