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Title: Quilts
Their Story and How to Make Them
Author: Marie D. Webster
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QUILTS
Their Story and How to Make Them
by
MARIE D. WEBSTER
[Illustration]
Illustrated
Garden City New York
Doubleday, Page & Company
1916
[Illustration: INDIANA WREATH
Made in 1858. Colours: red, green, yellow, and pink]
Copyright, 1915, by
Doubleday, Page & Company
All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
Introduction xv
I. Patchwork in Antiquity 3
II. Patchwork and Quilting During the Middle Ages 16
III. Patchwork and Quilting in Old England 34
IV. The Quilt in America 60
V. How Quilts Are Made 89
VI. Quilt Names 115
VII. Quilt Collections and Exhibitions 133
VIII. The Quilt's Place in American Life 149
List of Quilt Names, Arranged Alphabetically 169
List of References 177
LIST OF COLOUR PLATES
Indiana Wreath _Frontispiece_
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