Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection

by Linda Eaton

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Mary Remington was just twenty-three years old when in 1815 she created a beautiful and intricate white work quilt in anticipation of her impending marriage. Mary's quilt, and the letters that she penned over the years to Peleg Congdon, first her fiance and then her husband, provide both an elegant framework for interpreting the outstanding quilt collection at Winterthur and a fascinating glimpse into life in nineteenth-century America. The themes...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0810930129

ISBN13:9780810930124

Release Date:February 2007

Publisher:Harry N. Abrams

Length:208 Pages

Weight:2.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 10.3" x 10.3"

Age Range:13 years and up

Grade Range:Grade 8 to Postsecondary

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