Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960

Trestain, Eileen

ISBN 10: 0891458840 / ISBN 13: 9780891458845

Published by Amer Quilters Society, Paducah, KY., U.S.A., 1998

This book is in as new condition. This handbook can help you determine a date of manufacture and something of the history of a piece of fabric. The thousands of samples represent fabrics made in the Americas from 1800 to 1960. All swatches are printed the actual size so you can see the pattern scale. A swatch may be included under the color it once was, the color it is now, or possibly both. The heading of a page of swatches gives the range of years yhe fabric was made. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit environmental restoration and education. Seller Inventory # 007929

Synopsis:

Are you a fabric collector, quilt collector, appraiser, or antiques collector who needs to know specifics about fabrics or quilts? Then this book is for you! It will help you identify, date, and recognize antique fabrics and their uses in quilts and clothing. Over 1,000 color fabric swatches are listed in this handy, easy-to-use reference guide. You'll be able to identify fabric dating from the pre-1830 era through the Second World War. Match your antique fabric by selecting a suspected time period and comparing colors and prints.

Review: There are many books out with beautiful color prints of quilts from various eras but until now we couldn't examine an extensive collection of fabrics. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960 offers this opportunity by organizing hundreds of fabric swatches by period. For each period, Eileen Trestain gives us fascinating information about how textiles were made, dyes were used and prints created in the making of fabrics during that time period. -Anne Johnson, 2001

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960
Publisher: Amer Quilters Society, Paducah, KY., U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition