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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. Unused pattern present. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The Poos Collection was started in 1980 by Kay Triplett and has grown to be one of the largest privately held quilt and textile collections in the world. It is named for Martha Poos a grandmother from Lancaster Kansas who quilted and instilled the love of quilts in her family members. The collection is well known for its emphasis on pre-1860 quilts but less known for its extensive worldwide textile collection. It is a joy to present both wonderful quilts and historic African textiles together in this book. When selecting the idea for our third book from the collection indigo seemed the perfect theme. Blue is by far the most popular color in the world and indigo is the king of that color. Indigo dye has been universally appreciated for millennia from early Stone Age Africans to Renaissance European royalty to modern-day textile enthusiasts. Blue-and-white designs have been standard for centuries; colonial Americans chose that color combination for the blankets bed hangings and ceramics in their homes. They wore blue-and-white checked shirts kerchiefs and short gowns; blue-and-white striped jackets; and blue-and-white printed calico gowns. The longevity of blue-and-white textile designs perhaps explains in part current interest in eighteenth- century indigo resist patterns (dubbed the “mystery of historic textiles” by Florence Pettit in her book America’s Indigo Blues). (LL)