The Museum Library has recently acquired Susan W. Greene’s Wearable Prints, 1760-1860.  The book, which contains around 1600 full-color images, describes not only the decorative aspect of fabric, but also the technological processes that resulted in the lovely fabrics we often see in antique quilts. The Library volunteers feel it will be of interest not only to quilters but also to historians, students, costumers, designers, curators, and collectors. Please come to the library to examine and enjoy this new acquisition.

About the Author:

Susan W. Greene is a collector, museum consultant, and independent scholar. Her collection of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century clothing now resides at the Genesee Country Village and Museum in Mumford, New York. She is the author of Textiles for Early Victorian Clothing and several entries in Valerie Steele's Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion and Carol Kammen's Encyclopedia of Local History.