Amish Quilts and the Welsh Connection Reference rural Pennsylvania women spun the

rural Pennsylvania women spun the yarn that a small group of trained male artisans wove into cloth on a commercial basis throughout the eighteenth century

Based on the work of Jacob Martin

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the author argues that in contrast to New England

Part I contains letters from 19th-century the Pennsylvania Amish leader to Amish church officials throughout Pennsylvania

Amish Quilts and the Welsh Connection Reference rural Pennsylvania women spun theAuthor Dorothy Osler presents a carefully argued case for cross over in design style to Amish quilts from equally dramatic Welsh quilts when Welsh immigrants settled close to Amish connumities in 19th century America. Many color photos. Hardcover. Author, 2011. 144 pages.