Research Catalog

Title

A friendship quilt for Aunt Sallie / by Margaret Kaufman.

Author

Kaufman, Margaret, 1941-

Publication

[West Burke] Vt. : Janus Press, 1995.

Supplementary Content

Cover art and selected pages

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Details

Additional Authors

• Van Vliet, Claire
• Janus Press, publisher.

Description

1 volume : color illustrations; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Praise basted in

Subjects

• Artists' books > Vermont > West Burke > 1995
• Quilting > Poetry

Genre/Form

Artists' books – Vermont – West Burke – 1995.

Note

• "Praise Basted In text copyright 1995 by Margaret Kaufman and design by Claire Van Vliet. The boxes are covered in Wavery fabric and made by Judi Conant and Mary Richardson in Guildhall Vermont with the bouquets and their frames added by Audrey Holden, who also cut and sewed the pages. The [half] title page was basted in by Tamar Thorne; with Stephanie Westnedge, we all enjoyed having a 'legit excuse for many pleasant hours fingering bright fabrics in local shops on dark winter afternoons for the covers. Of the one hundred copies this one is for ..."--colophon.
• Book constructed of cut and folded paper; cover made of calico patchwork. In fabric-covered box; silk flowers arranged in recessed panel beneath lid of box.
• Limited ed. of 100 copies signed by the author, the designer, and the artists.
• Each page is of a different color and geometric design.

Provenance (note)

• Includes a set of display materials consisting of title page and duplicates of four cards from the book in plastic bag.

Call Number

Rare Books 20-381

LCCN

97214132

OCLC

38043421

Author

Kaufman, Margaret, 1941-

Title

A friendship quilt for Aunt Sallie / by Margaret Kaufman.

Imprint

[West Burke] Vt. : Janus Press, 1995.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Includes a set of display materials consisting of title page and duplicates of four cards from the book in plastic bag. NN

Local Note

Rare Books 20-381 copy has printed inscription: "Of one hundred copies this one is for The New York Public Library."

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Cover art and selected pages

Added Author

Van Vliet, Claire, book designer.

Janus Press, publisher.

Research Call Number

Rare Books 20-381