Wartime quilts : appliqués and geometric masterpieces from military fabrics from 300 BC to WWII

Name/Title

Wartime quilts : appliqués and geometric masterpieces from military fabrics from 300 BC to WWII

Entry/Object ID

NK9198.G47 2015

Collection

Elizabeth Sweetheart Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

quilting--history, quilts--history, war and society, women and war

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Annette Gero

Publisher

The Beagle Press

Place Published

City

Roseville, N.S.W.

Date Published

2015

ISBN

9780994290908

Notes

Length: 228

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

Preface -- Introduction -- Tailors' quilts and tailors' guilds -- Intarsias, kings' quilts and quilts depicting soldiers -- Soldiers, sailors, Crimean War -- Military tailors in India -- Epaulette quilts -- Quilts for kings, soldiers and memories -- WWI and WWII quilts.