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American-Alsatian quilt.
The Magazine Antiques
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February 1, 1999|
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The art of the patchwork quilt has been approached in terms of designs, the regional variations in patterns, and the techniques used to make the quilts. Rarely have the scraps of fabric that make up the quilts been the object of attention. However, as printed cottons they themselves have designs that are rich in significance. This approach has been particularly fruitful when applied to a patchwork quilt from the superb collection assembled by Gaby Burkert, a Swiss-born resident of the United States since 1961 (PI. II).(1)
The patchwork quilt is a distinctively ...
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