A Gallery of American Samplers Kapnek Collection Hardcover Dust Jacket 1984

Description: A Gallery of American Samplers Kapnek Collection Hardcover Dust Jacket 1984 This is a lovely book which came into being in a most unusual way: Theodore H. Kapnek states in the Foreword of the book that he began collecting samplers with his purchase of 3 English samplers around 1966 (he says it was "about 12 years ago" prior to the publishing of the book, the first edition being in 1978). He was hooked. About 5 years after that, he sold his British samplers to focus on American. It sounds like it was his avocation to collect all these works because he was counseled and encouraged by the author and is indebted to Doris Ashley of the Philadelphia Museum of Art how to restore and preserve antique samplers. There are almost 100 samplers displayed in about 124 plates (there may be several showing full-size and details of the same sampler) and roughly about 2/3 of the plates are in color.

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