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Textile Dyeing & Color | 31 Collectors’ Guide to Vintage Souvenir Table- cloths and Linens. Pamela Glasell. 300+ photos showcase state and souvenir tablecloths, towels, aprons, and scarves, all featuring wonderful graph- ics of state-related themes, popular tourist 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 • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •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 covering the history of the printed tablecloth from the 1700s to the 1950s. More than 500 striking photographs of vintage tablecloths, period advertising and pack- aging, up-to-date values, and detailed captions. Includes sections on dating your tablecloths, spot- ting reproductions, and information about major manufacturers • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 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 & Erin Henderson. 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 1/2" x 11" (215 x 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 Hender- son & Yvonne Barineau. 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 include 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 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 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 & Melinda Zongor. A comprehensive tour of figured coverlets 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 perhaps 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" x 12" (228 x 304mm) • 200+ color photos • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-1660-9 • HC • $69.95 / £63.99 / 105.00 CAD Elegant Table Linens: from Weil & Durrsé including Wilendur™. Michelle Hayes. Linen products of the Weil & Durrsé Company of New York City, from the 1920s to 1984, are of the highest quality, including Wilendur™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 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 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 photographs of printed kitchen towels and bathroom sets from the 1930s to the 1960s. The designs relate to food, the outdoors, people, and childhood as captured by towel manufacturers Martex, West Point-Stevens, Vera, Cannon, and more • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 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 and Peggy Zalamea. Whimsical household linens of the mid-twentieth century, most from the “fun linen” period after World War II through the 1960s. Items include eye catching tablecloths, nap- kins, 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 1/2" x 11" (215 x 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 comprehensive look at an art form few know how to create, but so many enjoy col- lecting. 260 color photos illustrate a wide variety of pot holders, and concise captions provide information and current values. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •260 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-1686-9 • PB • $16.95 / £15.99 / 23.95 CAD Linen: From Flax Seed to Woven Cloth. Linda Heinrich. Follow the saga of this remarkable fiber from seed to woven fabric. Learn about flax culti- vation, processing and spinning, natural and syn- thetic dyeing, and weaving and finishing linen cloth. 233 color and 156 black-and-white photos and drawings reveal the characteristics of linen • 8 1/2" x11" (215x279mm) •233color photos156b/wphotos & drawings • 232 pp. • 978-0-7643-3466-5 • HC • $49.99 / £45.99 / 72.00 CAD More Terrific Tablecloths. Loretta Smith Fehling. Tablecloths from the 1940s and ’50s display bright- ly colored fruit and flower designs, Mexican motifs, ivy and foliage prints, and Pennsylvania Dutch in- fluenced 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 • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •over 300 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-0975-5 • soft • $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. Sections include the fiber used in making them, the manu- facturers, and distinguishing factors between World War I and World War II pillow covers • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 247 b/w & color images • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-3917-2•PB•$24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99CAD Terrific Tablecloths: from the ’40s & ’50s, 2E. 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 invaluable resource for collectors, designers, and antique deal- ers. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 421 color photos •160pp. •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, print- ed cloth sacks have become a hot collectible. Espe- cially appealing to quilters and crafters. Includes price guide • 8 1/2" X 11" (215 x 279mm) • 510 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2611-0 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Vintage Victorian Textiles. Brian D. Coleman, Photography by Linda Svendsen. 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 es- tablishing values helps designers and collectors alike to use authentic fabrics. • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •170 color photos •176pp. •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 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 318 color photos • 240 pp. • 978-0-7643-0363-0 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / 56.95 CAD Beacon Blankets: Make Warm Friends. Jerry & Kathy Brownstein. Beacon cotton and wool blan- kets in Indian and geometric designs and color catalog pages from 1917–1957, together with original blanket designs, history of the company, advertisements, and labels. Special sections on crib blankets, bathrobes using Beacon fabric, related blankets, and Skookum Indian dolls • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 622 color photos • 176 pp. • 978-0- 7643-1359-2 • HC • $49.95 / £45.99 / 72.00 CAD Chenille: A Collector’s Guide. Judith Ann Grea- son & Tina Skinner. A rich visual tour of vintage chenille, displaying hundreds of beautiful bedspreads and a few novelty items along with details that highlight manufacturing techniques and styles. A price guide is included in the captions. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 203 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0- 7643-1511-4 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Christmas Household Textiles: 1920s-1970s. Jeanette and Donald Michalets. Illustrated with more than 440 color photos, this book captures the beau- ty, charm, and whimsy of a wide range of Christmas textiles, both mass produced and handmade, from the 1920s to the 1970s. Included are handkerchiefs, tablecloths, tree skirts, tea towels, table runners, and aprons • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 446 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2646-2 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Collecting Household Linens. Frances Johnson. 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, napkins, and napkin rings also appear, along with helpful infor- mation on caring for old linens and creative ideas for saving damaged linens • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) •450 color photos •160pp. •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, blankets, and tablecloths. More than 500 color photos and the price guide make it useful • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 508 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643- 0208-4 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD FIBER & TEXTILES |