"This is an updated and expanded edition of a book originally published in 1990 under the title American quilts & coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art."--T.p. verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword / by Philippe de Montebello -- Highlights of the collection: appliquéd & pieced quilts ; wholecloth quilts ; woven quilts ; embroidered coverlets ; notes -- Appendix: The materials and techniques of American quilts & coverlets / by Elena Phipps ; notes -- Catalogue of the collection: pieced quilts ; appliquéd quilts ; wholecloth quilts & coverlets ; Marseilles quilts & Bolton counterpanes ; embroidered coverlets.