Amish: Art of Quilt

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Silber, Julie

Crafts & Hobbies

Random House Value Publishing

Celebrating the design, techniques, colors, and artisans of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a beautifully illustrated tour of the Esprit collection of Amish quilts highlights works that were created between 1870 and 1950.

Amish, the Art of the Quilt

HUGHES, ROBERT

Random House Value Pub

Amish: The Art of the Quilt

Presents eighty-two Amish masterpiece quilts from the Esprit Collection, with historical and interpretive commentaries

Amish: The Art Of The Quilt

KNOPF

Discusses the role of women and quilts in the abolitionist, temperance, and suffrage movements, and shows quilts associated with the Civil War and westward expansion

Hearts and Hands: The Influence of Women & Quilts on American Society

Hedges, Elaine

Ferrero, Pat

History

Quilt Digest

...Gathered in the this space, and on permanent public display, is one of the world's greatest quilt collections. The collection is personal. The quilts here were all chosen by Doug Tompkins for their outstanding design qualities---their surfaces are bold and graphic, their color and form extraordinary. Solid color, geometry and "hard edge" predominate here. Fundamentally important in Esprit's collection is unadulterated design---the skillful manipulation of line, form and color. ...This collection currently has more than 200 antique quilts made by the Amish, who now number over 100,000 in America. While their communities are concentrated in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, there are Amish in 20 states and one Canadian province. Although the Amish culture appears remarkably uniform to the outside observer, there are many differences from community to community. In my brief descriptions and random comments, I will point out characteristics which may help illuminate some of the similarities and differences among the many sects. Take time with these marvelous quilts---they can be enjoyed on many levels and in many ways. See them up close, step aways, squint at them, study them, see how they relate to others around them, compare them with similar examples. (from a note from our curator, Julie Silber)

Esprit Quilt Collection, The

Esprit de Corp

Esprit's Graphic Work 1984-1986

Esprit

Nineteenth-century American life as it was experienced and recorded by women comes alive in these photograph-laden pages. The century's great movements and events are explored through the eyes of quilters. Illustrated and indexed.

Hearts and Hands: Women, Quilts, and American Society

Rutledge Hill Pr

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