Mississippi Quilts
- ISBN-10
- 1578063582
- ISBN-13
- 9781578063581
- Category
- Quilts
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Univ. Press of Mississippi
- Authors
- Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff, Mary Elizabeth Johnson
Description
These examples evince both the art and the craft during a golden age of handcrafting, from the early 1800s until 1946, a time before the widespread use of motorized sewing machines, synthetic fabrics, and prefabricated batting."--BOOK JACKET.
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