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Clues in the Calico: A Guide to Identifying and Dating Antique Quilts

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The super information makes up for the lack of visual appeal
Clues in the Calico by Barbara Brackman
Best Quilt Book I Own
I want to review your texture
Clues in the Calico is the bible.

Clues in the Calico: A Guide to Identifying and Dating Antique Quilts
Barbara Brackman
Manufacturer: Howell Press Inc.
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0939009277

Book Description

The system unveiled here for dating heirloom quilts is based upon five characteristics--fabric, style, color, technique, and pattern. In recounting the method's evolution, which involved the examination of 900 date-inscribed specimens, Brackman imparts a colorful history of quilt making.

Customer Reviews:

The super information makes up for the lack of visual appeal.......2001-12-08

This book could use a lot more pictures. It is a great source of written information, but does not provide much help in the visual identification of calico fabrics. Eileen Jahnke Trestain's book is much more useful in providing pictures, but Trestain's book does not come close to providing the written documentation and depth of discussion that Barbara Brackman does in Clues in the Calico.

I use both books and they are great companion guides for solving the mysteries presented when you attempt to identify the age of old fabrics, especially in old crazy quilts. HOWEVER, in general, I find I refer to the Trestain book more often than the Brackman book.

Clues in the Calico by Barbara Brackman.......2001-10-24

This book is essential for anyone who wants to learn about antique quilts. Comprehensive information about textile technology, pattern dissemination, and chronology of stylistic influences on quiltmaking in the United States presented by the leading authority on quilt history.

Best Quilt Book I Own.......2001-06-07

I purchased this book several years ago in preparation to becoming a certified quilt appraiser, It proved to be invaluable. I have used it so much it is literally falling apart. I have highlighted it's pages until it looks like like they were colored to begin with. I consider it to be the best guide for fabric identification on the market. I own many quilt books on lots of subjects, but this is my favorite.

Thelma L. Stone

I want to review your texture.......1999-04-11

I am a textile designer, I want to reveiw your texture under your above book. So please let me reveiw it online.

Clues in the Calico is the bible........1997-12-19

Best source for quilt history information. Details of textile technology, trends in style, along with elements of social history allow the reader to interpret handmade quilts. The quilt history researcher will return to this text time and time again.
Fawn Valentine

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