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Title Amish quilts : crafting an American icon / Janneken Smucker.
Author Smucker, Janneken.
Publication Info. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  746.46 SMU    Checked Out
 Southeast  746.46 SMU    Check Shelves
Description xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Series Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Made in America -- Amish quilts, Amish values -- Off of beds and onto walls -- Folk art and women's work -- The fashion for quilts -- From rags to riches -- Amish intermediaries -- A good Amish quilt folded like money -- Designed to sell -- Homespun efficiency -- The Amish brand -- Outsourcing authenticity.
Subject Amish quilts.
ISBN 9781421410531 (hardcover : alk. paper) : $34.95
1421410532 (hardcover : alk. paper)