Serious studies of American quilts and coverlets have kept pace with the booming disciplines of material culture and women's history since the 1980s. Recent works of note include books about the Gee's Bend quilters and quilting heritage by state, Linda Eaton's Quilts in a Material World, Patricia A. Turner's Crafted Lives, and Kate Lenkowsky's Contemporary Quilt Art. Here, Peck, curator of American Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with the assistance of research associate Schaffner, updates a catalog published in 1990 of the Met's admirable collection of mostly 19th-century East Coast pieces. The authors highlight 90 works, arranged chronologically by type—appliquéd, pierced, whole cloth, woven, and embroidered. A learned essay by textile conservator Elena Phipps on materials and techniques introduces the catalog portion, which documents all 151 quilts and coverlets in the collection. Two handicrafts are presented on each page, with accompanying color photos, maker, date, dimensions, materials, technique, provenance, description, condition, references, and other notes. VERDICT Attractively presented and modestly priced, this important work is primarily of interest to collectors, artisans, and scholars and researchers of textiles, design, and decorative and folk arts.—Russell T. Clement, Northwestern Univ. Lib., Evanston, IL