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TEXTILES: HOME, TEXTILES: INTERNATIONAL | 41 Collecting Household Linens • Frances John- son • The origins of handmade household linens, including afghans, later altar cloths, curtains, shade pulls, and bedspreads. Centerpieces and doilies are the best known of these. Decorator pillows, nap- kins, and napkin rings also appear, along with helpful information on caring for old linens and creative ideas for saving damaged linens. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 450 color photos • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-0111-7 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Collecting More Household Linens • Frances Johnson • This illustrated survey presents common linens and fabrics ranging from detailed samplers to simple but elegant hand towels and splashers, pillow cases, quilts, coverlets, rugs, sheets, blan- kets, and tablecloths. More than 500 color photos and the price guide make it useful. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 508 color photos • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-0208-4 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Collectors' Guide to Vintage Souvenir Ta- blecloths and Linens • Pamela Glasell • 300+ photos showcase state and souvenir tablecloths, towels, aprons, and scarves, all featuring wonder- ful graphics of state-related themes, popular tour- ist attractions, and historic events. Info on dating, a price guide, craft suggestions, and a resource list. An invaluable resource for vintage kitchen textile collectors and interior designers. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 315 color photos • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-1978-5 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Collector's Guide to Vintage Tablecloths • Pamela Glasell • A pictorial reference guide cov- ering the history of the printed tablecloth from the 1700s to the 1950s. More than 500 striking pho- tographs of vintage tablecloths, period advertising and packaging, up-to-date values, and detailed captions. Includes sections on dating your table- cloths, spotting reproductions, and information about major manufacturers. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 536 color, 3 b/w photos • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-1616-6 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Colorful Tablecloths 1930s-1960s: Threads of the Past • Yvonne Barineau • This ultimate guide to tablecloths from the 1930s to early 1960s in countless styles, colors, fabrics, and themes will help identify the manufacturers, dates, and values of these wildly popular collectibles. A must have resource for interior designers, antique dealers, and textile collector. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 450 color photos • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-2073-6 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Colorful Vintage Kitchen Towels • Erin Hen- derson • Vintage towels are small art canvases, affordable, easily cleaned, and easily displayed. These irresistible charmers are showcased here in more than 490 color photos. Manufacturers in- clude Wilendur, Startex, Martex, Broderie, Bucilla, JS&S, and more. Also includes manufacturer and designer information, cleaning and storage tips, measurements, values, and a helpful glossary. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 495 color photos • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-2380-5 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Coverlets and the Spirit of America • Joseph D. Shein • A comprehensive tour of figured cover- lets made between 1817 and 1869. These antique woven bed covers, with their graphic and colorful images of trains, animals, buildings, heroes, and patriotic symbols, provide a wonderful and per- haps unique snapshot of the bright optimism that was the 19th century spirit of America. More than 100 coverlets in full color and on both sides. • 9" × 12" (229 × 305 mm) • 200+ color photos • 192 pp • 978-0-7643-1660-9 • HC • $69.95 / £63.99 / 105.00 CAD Elegant Table Linens • Michelle Hayes • Linen products of the Weil & Durrsé Company of New York City, from the 1920s to 1984, are of the high- est quality, includingWilendur™ and other brands. More than 250 tablecloths in 120 printed designs are featured. 425 color photos display exquisite floral tablecloths, napkins, placemats, curtains, towels, aprons, and handcrafted items. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 425 images • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-2090-3 • PB • $30.00 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Fun & Collectible Kitchen Towels: 1930s to 1960s • Michelle Hayes • This informative reference contains more than 350 beautiful pho- tographs of printed kitchen towels and bathroom sets from the 1930s to the 1960s. The designs re- late to food, the outdoors, people, and childhood as captured by towel manufacturers Martex, West Point-Stevens, Vera, Cannon, and more. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 350 color photos • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-2315-7 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Fun Linens of the 20th Century • Elizabeth Scofield • Whimsical household linens of the mid-twentieth century, most from the “fun lin- en” period after World War II through the 1960s. Items include eye catching tablecloths, napkins, placemats, runners, towels, doilies, potholders, bedspreads, pillowcases, curtains, laundry bags, and aprons. Collecting tips, new information on textile designers, and a value guide are provided. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 308 color photos • 144 pp • 978-0-7643-1599-2 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Gay & Gifty Pot Holders • Barbara E. Mauzy • 100s of examples of pot holders from the 1940s and 1950s explained, dated, and priced. Collectors and dealers alike will appreciate the comprehen- sive look at an art form few know how to create, but so many enjoy collecting. 260 color photos il- lustrate a wide variety of pot holders, and concise captions provide information and current values. • 6" × 9" (152 × 229 mm) • 260 color photos • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-1686-9 • PB • $16.95 / £15.99 / 23.95 CAD More Terrific Tablecloths • Loretta Smith Feh- ling • Tablecloths from the 1940s and ’50s display brightly colored fruit and flower designs, Mexican motifs, ivy and foliage prints, and Pennsylvania Dutch influenced patterns sure to whisk you back to mom’s or grandma’s kitchen. Also included is a section on specialty cloths. This book captures a rich part of our textile history with more than 300 delightful photographs. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • over 300 color photos • 160 pp • 978-0- 7643-0975-5 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Sweetheart & Mother Pillows, 1917-1945 • Patricia Cummings • These collector items provide a unique insight into World War I and World War II and the years of civilian conservation camps. Sec- tions include the fiber used in making them, the manufacturers, and distinguishing factors between World War I and World War II pillow covers. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 247 b/w & color images • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-3917-2 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Terrific Tablecloths: from the '40s & '50s • Loretta Smith Fehling • These tablecloths include colorful prints inspired by wartime victory gardens, mountain dogwood, and springtime bouquets, as well as fruits, vegetables, berries, florals, and rich border patterns. 400+ color photographs with captions and updated values make this an invalu- able resource for collectors, designers, and antique dealers. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 421 color photos • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-1902-0 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Vintage Feed Sacks: Fabric From the Farm • Susan Miller • More than 500 color photographs present colorfully printed cloth feed and food sacks. Treasured for their fabulous patterns, and for the memories of a simpler time which they evoke, printed cloth sacks have become a hot collectible. Especially appealing to quilters and crafters. In- cludes price guide • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 510 color photos • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-2611- 0 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Vintage Victorian Textiles • Brian D. Coleman • A sumptuous look at rich and varied Victorian textiles on everything from Victorian footstools to portieres is captured in elegant color photographs. Advice on the care and conservation of vintage textiles and a guide to establishing values helps designers and collectors alike to use authentic fab- rics. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 170 color photos • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-1504-6 • HC • $49.95 / £45.99 / 72.00 CAD Vintage White Linens: A to Z • Marsha L. Man- chester • Organized alphabetically, beginners, col- lectors, and discerning decorators all can easily find information and identify variations from handmade knit lace to machine-made eyelet embroidery. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 318 color photos • 240 pp • 978-0-7643-0363-0 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / 56.95 CAD American Toile: Four Centuries of Sen- sational Scenic Fabrics and Wallpaper • Michele Palmer • More than 180 bright color photos capture American toile in its many themes. American toile’s major topics of illustration include the colonial era, the new republic, the Civil War, the West, farm and city life, and maritime and leisure ac- tivities, as well as a variety of patriotic symbols. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 182 color photos • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-4406-0 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Antique French Textiles for Designers • June K. Laval • A basic history of French textiles, from the Middle Ages to art deco, and 416 beautiful col- or photographs demonstrate traditional and con- temporary uses for tapestries, cottons, linens, laces, embroidery, needlepoint, and trims. Suggestions are given for their use in contemporary interior and home decor. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 416 images • 192 pp • 978-0-7643-2039-2 • HC • $40.00 / £36.99 / 56.95 CAD Artisans by Design: An Odyssey of Education for Textile Artisans in India • Judy Frater • The story of Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya—the first design school for traditional artisans in India—and its effect on the lives of its students and their commu- nity. Personal stories from more than 20 artisans as well as more than 250 photographs of the stu- dents and their work. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 250 color images • 304 pp • 978-0-7643- 6843-1 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / 56.99 CAD Beyond the Stones of Machu Picchu: Folk Tales and Stories of Inca Life • Elizabeth Conrad VanBuskirk, Angel L. Callañaupa Alvarez • Andean village life is vibrantly depicted through folk tales, stories, and art in this compendium of South American culture with a special focus on the famous Andean practice of weaving and other tex- tile arts. • 8.5" × 9" (216 × 229 mm) • 86 Color Illustrations, Four-color Interior • 114 pp • 978-0- 9838860-5-1 • PB • $19.95 / £18.99 / 28.95 CAD TEXTILES: INTERNATIONAL