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Chasing Rainbows: Collecting American Indian Trade and Camp Blankets
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Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Bulfinch; 1st edition January 2003
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0821227580
ISBN-13: 978-0821227589
Product Dimensions:
11.8 x 9.6 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds
Book Description
The dazzling Indian trade blanket has become one of the hottest categories in collecting. Icons of Adirondack and Western décor, these stunning geometric-patterned blankets remain a staple of Native American life and are regularly featured in design and shelter magazines. CHASING RAINBOWS is the only book to trace both the fascinating story of the commercially produced wool trade blankets from the 1892-1942 "golden age" and the equally collectible 1910-1942 cotton Indian camp blankets. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of rare blankets, historic photographs of Native Americans and original blanket manufacturers' catalog pages, this definitive work advises where and what to collect and how to care for vintage blankets. The author, Barry Friedman, is known internationally as the ultimate authority on vintage Indian blankets and this book is unquestionably the collector's Bible. Formerly a highly successful Hollywood comedy writer, Friedman presents his information in a wildly entertaining style.
About The Author
Barry Friedman is the pioneer collector/dealer of Indian trade blankets and has bought and sold a staggering 26,000 vintage blankets in his 40 year career. Stories about Mr. Friedman have appeared in hundreds of publications ranging from USA Today and the Los Angeles Times to the Antique Trader and he's been profiled on TV programs such as "Good Morning America". He has lectured at many institutions including the Baltimore Museum of Art and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum and was the first non-Indian ever invited to give the keynote address at the Pendleton Woolen Mills national sales meeting. In a previous life he was a Hollywood television comedy writer and received six Emmy nominations and wrote stand-up material for scores of comedians ranging from Johnny Carson to Jerry Seinfeld. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
Reader Reviews
This is a magnificent book certain to be the definitive resource on the subject of Indian Trade and Camp Blankets. Barry Friedman has brought structure to a field heretofore unfocused and lacking the exhaustive research Mr. Friedman provides so impressively here. The illustrations are lush and generous. This is a remarkably handsome sourcebook for both serious collectors of Indian trade and camp blankets as well as the novice who will become inspired by their fascinating history. Mr. Friedman's writing style is not only authoritative, but sprinkled with humorous asides that make it read like a letter from your smartest and funniest friend.
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Chasing Rainbows: Collecting American Indian Trade and Camp Blankets
by Barry Friedman, James L. Collins, and Gary Diamond
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