References
Quilts from 1780-1830; Whole Cloth Quilts

• Bassett, Lynne Z. and Jack Larkin. Northern Comfort: New England's Early Quilts 1780-1850.
  Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, TN. 1998
  (Has many whole cloth quilts- see website at end of list for Old Sturbridge Village)

• Baumgarten, Linda. What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America.
  The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Association with Yale University Press, New Haven & London. 2002.
  ISBN: 0-300-09580-5

• Baumgarten, Linda and John Watson. Costume Close Up: Clothing Construction and Pattern 1750-1790.
  The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA. 1999-Second printing, 2000.
  ISBN: 0-87935-188-8

• Blum, Dilys. The Fine Art of Textiles
  Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, 1997
  ISBN: 0-87633-116-9

• Davis, Elizabeth. A Stitch in Time: Quilts from the Genesee Country
  Village and Museum. Rochester, NY. 2005 (pp.5-9 whole cloth quilts)

• Dobson, Jenni. Instant Expert: Quilting.
  Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, CA. 2005
  P. 12 The 1718 Silk Patchwork Coverlet~Earliest known dated bedspread

• Hefford, Wendy. The Victoria and Albert Museum's Textile Collection: Designs for Printed Textiles in England 1750-1850.
  V and A Publications, London. 1992, reprint 1999.
  ISBN: 185177-115-8

• Moonen, An. Quilts: een Nederlandse traditie (The Dutch Tradition).
  Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Arnheim. 1992
  ISBN: 90-70300-06-0

• Riffel, Melanie, Sophie Rouart and Marc Walter. Toile de Jouy: Printed Textiles in the Classic French Style.
  Thames and Hudson, London, 2003.
  ISBN: 0-500-51149-7

• The British Quilt Study Group. Quilt Studies: The Journal of the British Quilt Study Group.
  Issue 4/5 2002/03. Published 2003.
  ISSN: 1467-2723
  (Issue 5: Special Issue on the 1718 Silk Patchwork Coverlet.)

• Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher. The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth.
  Vintage Books, NY. 2001
  Using material culture to study history~ Specifically,14 domestic items from preindustrialize America.
  Very interesting reading about women's work-many quotes from diaries.

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