Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262) and index.
Contents
Made in America -- Amish quilts, Amish values -- Off of beds and onto walls -- Folk art and women's work -- The fashion for quilts -- From rags to riches -- Amish intermediaries -- A good Amish quilt folded like money -- Designed to sell -- Homespun efficiency -- The Amish brand -- Outsourcing authenticity.
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition AMISH: The Art of the Quilt, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, June 9-September 2, 1990"--P. [2] of cover.
