This volume is a showcase for one of America's finest art forms. The collection of quilts featured here was started by Douglas Tompkins, co-founder of the multinational clothing company, "Esprit". Between 1870 and 1950, Amish women created abstract geometric arrangements of solid-coloured fabrics, works of remarkable purity, vitality and power. This particularly American form of expression is recognized as sharing the same aesthetic achievement as painting and sculpture.
- ISBN10 0517165058
- ISBN13 9780517165058
- Publish Date 29 November 1995 (first published 29 September 1990)
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 22 March 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Random House Value Publishing
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English