Amish quilts : crafting an American icon / Janneken Smucker.

Smucker, Janneken.
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]
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Part of the series Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies;Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
Notes:

  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262) and index.
  • 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.

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Requested by Anderson, K.

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