AnyBook4Less.com	Find the Best Price on the Web Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Home  |  Store List  |  FAQ  |  Contact Us  |
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money Keyword AuthorISBN

Title: A Gallery of Amish Quilts: Design Diversity from a Plain People by Robert Bishop, Elizabeth Safanda ISBN: 0-525-47444-7 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: October, 1976 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $33.25

Your Country USA Canada United Kingdom Australia Austria Belgium France Germany Italy Netherlands Switzerland Currency AutoUSD CAD GBP EUR AUD CHF Delivery Only cheapest delivery All delivery options Include Used Books Are you a club member of: Barnes and Noble Books A Million Chapters.Indigo.ca

Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: A Gallery of Amish Quilts
Comment: The fascination with American quilts continues. Of special interest to many collectors today are the boldly colored, handsomeely quilted bedcovers made by the Amish women in Pennsylvania - particularyly Lancaster County - and in the Amish communities of Ohio and Indiana.

These old Amish quilts have a dual appeal - their visual impact and their superior craftsmanship. Some students of modern art are drawn to them because their abstract geometric designs are strikingly parallel to the paintings of several contemporary artists. Other collectors treasure these quilts for their intricate, refined handiwork and their minute stitches. What is amazing, and worth exploring in this handsome book, is how the Amish women, with a limited range of materials and with limited exposure to the tastes and patterns of the "outside" world, have created enduring works of art that are visually exciting and sophisticated.

A Gallery of Amish Quilts presents for the study and enjoyment of all 150 Amish quilts in color, together with splendid balack and white photographs of the Amish people and countryside. Also, a comprehensive introduction gives the cultural and aesthetic background for the fuller enjoyment of these beautiful quilts.

Similar Books:

	Title: The Amish Quilt by Eve Wheatcroft Granick ISBN: 1561481092 Publisher: Good Books Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95
	Title: Amish Crib Quilts by Rachel Pellman, Kenneth Pellman ISBN: 0934672296 Publisher: Good Books Pub. Date: August, 1985 List Price(USD): $15.95
	Title: Women and Their Quilts: A Washington State Centennial Tribute by Nancyann Johanson. Twelker ISBN: 094357451X Publisher: Martingale & Co Inc Pub. Date: November, 1988 List Price(USD): $9.95
	Title: The Quilts Of Tennessee : Images of Domestic Life Prior to 1930 by Bets Ramsey, Merikay Waldvogel ISBN: 1558536132 Publisher: Rutledge Hill Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95
	Title: North Carolina Quilts by Ruth Roberson, Ellen Fickling Eanes, George Holt ISBN: 0807842346 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: September, 1988 List Price(USD): $29.95