Massachusetts quilts : our common wealth / Lynne Zacek Bassett, editor.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bassett, Lynne Z., 1961-
Language:English
Published: Lebanon, NH : University Press of New England, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
Quilts > Massachusetts.
Quiltmakers > Massachusetts.
Physical Description:xviii, 336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I. History. 1. Early quilts and quilted clothing ; 2. Northeastern Massachusetts : the crucible ; 3. Southeastern Massachusetts : from Pilgrims to poplins ; 4. Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard : quilting by the sea ; 5. Worcester County : the heart of the Commonwealth ; 6. The Connecticut river valley : a rich heritage ; 7. Berkshire County : rising to the challenge ; 8. The textile industry
  • II. Community. 9. Cooperative quilting : 1770-1850 ; 10. Anti-slavery quilts ; 11. Agricultural fairs and quilts ; 12. Politics and patriotism in quilts ; 13. Lost towns of the Quabbin ; 14. Family quilts ; 15. Immigrant and ethnic communities ; 16. Quilts in war time
  • III. Memory. 17. Quilts as memory ; 18. The colonial revival
  • Notes
  • Bibliography : selected Massachusetts quilts in other publications
  • About the contributors
  • Index.