BOOKS IN REVIEW
Author Merikay Waldvogel wonderfully Each quilt of the 80 quilts, dating from the 1830s through the 1950s, is documented in detail. Moreover the book includes original quilts from farm and home catalogues of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and vintage photographs of children and their precious dolls. Within the volume is additional information on antique doll beds, plus vintage magazine excerpts of quilt-making endeavours. ‘Crib and doll quilts are perhaps the most tender and personal of quilts,’ notes the author, ‘treasured not only for their charm but also for the love that went into making them. Antique doll quilts, like all old quilts, connect us with the past. As with other works of art, they reflect the cultural and sociological attitudes of a particular time and place.’ This very worthwhile volume is a virtual treasure chest of these endearing pieces of cloth made from generations and generations ago. Waldvogel is a recognised quilt expert and the author of several quilt-related books, including Southern Quilts: Surviving Relics of the Civil War. The author is also a research fellow at the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she has frequently lectured and conducted classes. Childhood Treasures: Doll Quilts By and For Children by Merikay Waldvogel, colour illustrated, index, 140 pages, is US$24.95 plus shipping from Good Books.
Essentially this book is a The French collection at the Museum ‘contains objects varying greatly in type and material,’ notes director Michael Brand in a forward for the book, ‘including such diverse categories as carved-wood and veneered furniture, gilt-bronze light fixtures, firedogs, and ornamental hard stone vases.’ Each object in the book - from richly veneered cabinets to finely carved tables and chairs - is described and analysed in terms of style, use, provenance and published history. There are also further details concerning its construction, alterations, materials and conservation. This enriching reference serves as a definitive catalogue of the world-famous museum's collector of French Baroque furniture. Primary author of this high quality volume is Gillian Wilson, retired curator of the Museum's department of decorative arts and sculpture. Other contributors were associate curator Charissa Bremer-David and assistant Jeffrey Weaver. French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes: Baroque and Regence by Gillian Wilson, hardcover, 464 pages, nearly 600 colour and black and white illustrations, US$125. Getty Publications are distributed by Oxford University Press. Reviews by Robert Reed, Antique and Collectible News Service, PO Box 204, Knightstown, IN 46148.
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presents a delightful
collection of miniature antique quilts dating back to the early 19th century. The centre of this fine book are the doll quilts carefully and lovingly selected from the collection of Mary Ghomley,
which is considered one of the largest of such special textile items in the world.
breathtaking look at some of the
centuries-old treasures in the J. Paul Getty Museum, and in particular that look is an admiring one of the Museum's remarkable collection of French decorative arts. From the hundreds of pieces in
this memorable assembly, the authors have selected 44 objects to represent the stylistic Baroque and Regence periods.