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1983 1st edition cover(65 pages).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Foreword to the New Edition
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART I: Gallery of Quilts
  • PART II: Spoken Without a Word
    A Lexicon of Selected Symbols From the Baltimore Album Quilt Period
    • The Lexicon of Symbols-
            About the Illustrations
            How to Use the Patterns in this Book
            Postscript
            Selected Bibliography
            Author's Note
    • The Patterns:
            Hunting Scene
            Vase with Floral Bouquet, Harp, Doves, and Bible
            Fleur de Lis and Rosebuds
            Lyre with Wreath and Bird
            Patriotic Block
            Friendship's Offering
            The Steamship Captain Russell
            Acanthus Leaves with Hearts and Arrows
            Basket with Blooms, Bird, and Bible
            Triple-Bowed Garland Borders
            Central Medallion
            Heart Wreathed with Vine
            Herald Angels
            Pineapples
            Trumpet Vine
            Butterfly Medallion Center
            Grape Vine Wreath
            Strawberry Clusters in the Shape of a Cross within a Circle
            Flower Basket
            Eight-pointed Star with Sprigs of Berries
            Washington Munument in Baltimore
            Cornucopia with Fruits and Acorns
            The Rose of Sharon
            Wheel of Hearts
  • PART III: Building Blocks in Baltimore's Album Monument
    • Introduction
    • Dr. Dunton, Mary Evans, and the Baltimore Album Quilt Attributions
    • Myth, Dreams, Metaphors and Magic: Album Quilts at Exhibition
    • Are Quilts Art? What's It to Us?
    • The Baltimore Album Legacy, Briefly
    • Elly's 2003 Silver Star Address
  • About the Needleartists
  • Epilogue
  • Afterword
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author

Title: Spoken Without a Word: 30th Anniversary Revised Edition, a Lexicon of Selected Symbols with 24 Patterns from Classic Baltimore Album Quilts
Editors: Elly Sienkiewicz
Format/Publication Date: TPB:2014
Publisher: Turtle Hill Press, Washington, DC
Language: English
Page Count: 160
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 9780615717807

SUMMARY- The original 1983 edition was only 65 pages, but it had a big impact on the quilting community, and ended up on Quilter's Newsletter Magazine's 15th Anniversary Top 100 list of most important quilting books. The Table of Contents doesn't quite convey just how much information is packed between the pages of this book.