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

This book contains hundreds of color photographs that identify, illustrate, and evaluate antique textiles of interest in the marketplace today, including quilts, coverlets, Marseille spreads, bonnets, Amish socks, aprons, petticoats, and other fashions for the body and home. The information included in the book allows the reader to familiarize himself with both commonplace and fancy items, and provides a source to guide and educate the inexperienced quilt and textile buyer about currently popular collectibles. It also provides a resource for appraisers and others interested in current market values. Both nineteenth and twentieth century items are included, representative of art and function of everyday living.Aug, Bobbie is the author of 'Antique Quilts & Textiles A Price Guide to Functional and Fashionable Cloth Comforts', published 2004 under ISBN 9781574323740 and ISBN 1574323741.