Research Catalog

Title

Quilts sold! : a guide to heirloom and antique quilts / by Dave & Kathy Prochnow.

Author

Prochnow, Dave.

Publication

Gretna, La. : Pelican, 2006.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Prochnow, Kathy.

Description

152 pages : color illustrations; 27 cm

Subject

• Quilts > Collectors and collecting > United States
• Quilts > Prices
• Quilts > Patterns

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 147) and index.

Contents

Buying History -- A Short Lesson in Creating Quilt -- Reproductions from Auction House Originals -- Making Your Own Auction House Original -- 1. Reading an Antique Quilt -- 2. Getting the Goods on Antique Fabrics -- A Short History of Making Patterned Fabric -- Modern Fabric Reproductions -- Caring for Historical Fabrics -- Part 1. Quilts & Prices -- 3. Locating Antique Quilts -- Estimates -- Bidding 101 -- Reserves -- Success -- 4. Quilt Prices Realized at Auction -- Price vs. Value -- How to Use This Guide -- 5. Quilt Types & Patterns Price Guide -- 1000 Pyramids -- Album -- Alphabet -- Amish -- Broderie Perse -- Baltimore Album -- Basket, Flower Basket, Basket of Lilies, Cactus Basket -- Bear's Paw -- Carolina Lily -- Chimney Sweep -- Crazy -- Crib -- Delectable Mountains -- Doll -- Double Wedding Ring -- Dresden Plate -- Drunkard's Path -- Embroidered -- Feathered Star -- Floral Wreath -- Flower Basket -- Flyfoot -- Flying Geese, Goose in the Pond -- Friendship -- Grandmother's Fan -- Grandmother's Flower Garden -- Hawaiian -- Irish Chain -- Jacob's Ladder -- Joseph's Coat -- Log Cabin -- Lone Eagle -- Lone Star, Star of Bethlehem, Mennonite Star, Evening Star, Star -- Mariner's Compass -- Medallion -- Nine Patch -- New York Beauty -- Ocean Waves -- Patriotic -- Pictorial -- Pine Tree -- Pinwheel -- Postage Stamp -- Princess Feather -- Rail Fence -- Robbing Peter to Pay Paul -- Sampler -- Schoolhouse -- Snail's Trail -- Spinning Top -- Strip -- Sunburst -- Tree of Life -- Tulip -- Tumbling Blocks -- Wandering Foot -- Whig Rose -- Whitework -- Whole Cloth -- Yo-Yo -- Part 2. Quilt Patterns from Famous Estate Sales -- 6. Making Your Own Quilt Reproduction -- Hand Quilting -- Machine Quilting -- 7. Making Your Own Patterns -- Reproducing Lost Bids -- 8. A Sampler of Four Antique Quilts -- "Scenes of Childhood" Quilt -- Patriotic Union Quilt -- Amish-Tribute-to-Charles Lindbergh Quilt -- Mennonite Star Quilt -- A. Auction House Directory -- B. Suppliers' Names and Addresses.

ISBN

1589803752 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005033058
• 9781589803756

OCLC

• ocm62302416
• SCSB-5291094

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries