Safford, Carleton L., Robert bishop — America's quilts and coverlets
E.P. Dutton & Co., 1972 Cloth. 313 pages. Text in English. Clean and tight copy, without dust jacket. From the Introduction: “The purpose of this book is to illustrate and discuss the great variety and beautiful design of the bedcoverings created by past generations of American women. To this end we have assembled here photographs of the many types of guilts and coverlets made since homes were first established in American in the seventeenth century. These illustrations include outstanding examples of design and workmanship from both public and private collections . Accompany these is a layman's nontechnical account of the development of styles, materials, and needlework.”