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Americas Glorious Quilts Hardcover – August 1, 1997

by Dennis Duke (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars 12 customer reviews
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Long damned with faint praise as a minor craft, quiltmaking has come to be valued in fine art circles. America's Glorious Quilts pays tribute to quiltmakers and their art form by reproducing the best American quilts from all historical periods272 quilts in allmost in one-page or half-page glossy color photographs. Noted quilt historians contribute essays on the myriad forms quilts have assumed, from the brilliant-hued geometrical patchwork of the Amish to the soft curving of traditional Hawaiian applique to the imaginative approaches of contemporary quilt artists like Nancy Crow, and Michael James. Recommended for general purchase. Janice Zlendich, California State Univ. Lib., Fullerton
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Product Details

  • Hardcover
  • Publisher: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates; First Edition edition (August 1, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0883633086
  • ISBN-13: 978-0883633083
  • Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 9.7 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,537,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsFrom traditional to contemporary, well documented.
By paulaentin@mindpulse.com on May 4, 1998
Format: Hardcover
Sections cover Amish, Crazy quilts, Hawaiian applique quilts, contemporary art quilts, and a section on "Living with quilts" in your home. There is extensive commentary about the style overall, and each quilt. Excellent photography; bibliography.
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3.0 out of 5 starsCould have been better but still good.
By A Customer on September 28, 1999
Format: Hardcover
Good coverage of most quilting styles, would have liked to have seen more traditional quilts. There is adequate information for each image, and each quilt. Color reproductions were only fair in some pictures.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBig, Beautiful Book
By Rt on April 24, 2016
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
This is a big book. I mean hild-down-the-coffee-table big book, lol. Plus it is wonderful to have pages big enough to really shiw the glorious quilts inside. I have a whole library of quilt books, I'm very glad I've added this one to my collection!
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5.0 out of 5 starsQuilts as Genuine Art
By Nazani VINE VOICE on November 20, 2008
Format: Hardcover
This is not a how-to book, it's a high-quality book printed in Japan with huge plates, and thorough index and list of references. Oversized, 320 pages.
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5.0 out of 5 stars-----------A SPECTACULAR AND OUTSTANDING BOOK----------
By Judith Miller VINE VOICE on February 2, 2013
Format: Hardcover
AMERICA'S GLORIOUS QUILTS WAS PUBLISHED IN 1987. IT'S HUGE IN SIZE 15 in.by 10 1/2in.
Many of the quilt photos take up an entire page. The book cover is a gorgeous. It
shows an Embroidered and Pieced Crazy Quilt c. 1880 from The Museum of American Folk Art
in New York.

The book cover is so lovely that I often keep it on my coffe table.

There are Ten Chapters:

1. An American Tradition by Laura Fisher - Quilts dated from 1830 to 1985.

2. Quilts: America's Folklore by Deborah Harding - Many Applique Quilts and a Pieced and very
unusual Applique Graveyard Quilt made in 1839.

3. Quilts, The Art of the Amish by Phyllis Haders - Quilts in Deep Rich Colors and more information
about Amish History and Customs.

4. Hawaiian Quilts by Lee S. Wild - The early Hawaiians made fabric from Tapa, a paper like fabric.
Patchwork quilting was introduced by American missionaires. The Hawaiians went on to develop
their own style of applique.

5. Quilts - Crazy Memories by Virginia Gunn - Eleven Examples of Colorful Crazy Quilts.

6. Baby, Crib and Doll Quilts by Pat Long and Dennis Duke - Quilts for Babies and children.
A surprising gem of a quilt is one that was 2 quilts in one.

7. Quilts at an Exhibition by Donna Wilder - 19 Gorgeous Quilts in various designs.

8. Contemporary Quilts by Luella Doss - Quilts in a variety of different materials and mostly in
qpplique styles. I especially liked a design showing the Statue of Liberty called Lady of Freedom.

9. A Quilt-Collector's Primer by Celia Y. Oliver - About 30 quilts in a wide range of colors and
designs.

10.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAbsolutely Beautiful.........
By james george on February 6, 2014
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
The pictures in this book are wonderfully beautiful. I could not believe how big this book is. It's very easy to see the detail of the quilts in these pictures. The quilts and the information about them make them nearly come to life off the pages. Any quilt lover (or soon to be quilt lover) will be pleased to have this in their own library. I shared this with my neighbors mother who turned 90 this past fall. You could just tell how much she was admiring this book and it's contents This book as well as several others I have ordered have given me great inspiration and much knowledge I thought I new (but didn't) as I endeaver to make my own "crazy quilt"-something I've always wanted to make. You will love this book if you can get your own copy. I would also venture to say you will learn to cherish this book as I have. I show it to everyone and people are amazed at it's content.
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