Antique Quilts & Textiles A Price Guide to Functional and Fashionable Cloth Comforts

The need for warm covering was a motive for cloth manufacture and the impetus for creating necessary quilts, coverlets, other bed coverings, and clothing. We have chosen a comprehensive selection of cloth comforts currently of interest in the marketplace, specifically, aprons, bonnets, comforts, coverlets, fabric, petticoats, quilts, quilt tops, rugs, socks, spreads, and towels.

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Table of Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Collecting in General

Glossary

The Quilts

Appliqued Quilts

Pieced Quilts

Doll and Crib Quilts

Whole Cloth Bedcovers

Pillow Covers

Quilt Tops and Summer Spreads

Comforts

Woven Bedcovers

Quilted Petticoats

Aprons

Bonnets

Linens

Table

Fabric

Printed Cotton

Garibaldi or Robe Prints

Political or Patriotic Prints

Rugs

Towels

About the Authors

Index