FACING PAGE Section of Funeral Tent of an Egyptian Queen, Made in a Patchwork of Coloured Goatskins 4 Old English Applique 5 Fifth Century Applique 6 Armenian Patchwork: St. George and the Dragon 7 Persian Quilted Linen Bath Carpet: Seventeenth Century 10 Old English Hanging with Applique Figures 11 Modern Egyptian Patchwork: Four Cushion Covers 12 Modern Egyptian Patchwork: Panels for Screens 13 Modern Egyptian Patchwork: Panels for Wall Decoration 16 Double Nine Patch 17 Pieced Baskets 20 Bedroom, Cochran Residence, Deerfield, Mass. 21 Jacob's Ladder 28 Conventional Tulip 29 Old German Applique, Metropolitan Museum, New York 32 Double X 33 Puss-in-the-Corner 34 Tea Leaves 35 Feather Star 38 Drunkard's Path 39 Star of the East 42 White Quilt with Tufted Border, Metropolitan Museum, New York 43 Sunburst and Wheel of Fortune 46 Tree of Paradise 47 Old Bed and Trundle Bed 48 Two White Tufted Bedspreads 49 Tufted Bedspread with Knotted Fringe 52 Unknown Star 53 Combination Rose 54 Double Tulip 55 Princess Feathers 58 Princess Feathers with Border 59 Peonies 60 North Carolina Lily 61 Feather Star with Applique 64 Tulip Tree Leaves 65 Mexican Rose 66 Currants and Cockscomb 67 Conventional Applique 70