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Expert Profile: Julie Silber

Expertise: I can speak to the age, design, style, region, history, and value of antique quilts.

Experience in the area
Forty years as an appraiser, dealer, historian, collector, consultant and museum curator in the area of QUILTS MADE BEFORE 1950.

Organizations
American Quilt Study Group (former Board Member); Alliance for the American Quilt (Former Board Member)

Publications
Author or co-author of several award winning books on Quilt History; numerous articles on quilt history published over a 30 year period. Details upon request.

Education/Credentials
B.A., American History, University of Michigan; Post Graduate courses in folklore, history and art history

Past/Present Clients
Esprit de Corp., San Francisco; Levi Strauss, San Francisco; Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI; Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR

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Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 280
Knowledge	10.0 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	10.0 Best of the best
Timeliness	10.0 Best of the best
Politeness	10.0 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		5
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		32

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	11/03/08
10	10	10	10	11/03/08
10	10	10	10	10/22/08
10	10	10	10	10/21/08
10	10	10	10	06/24/08

User Comments

Julie was very helpful,and very quick to respond.
(Patty on 11/03/08)

Thank you. Have a great day.
(Lisa on 10/22/08)

Thank you!!!
(Lisa on 10/21/08)

It was a joy conversing with Julie and her quilting contacts! She really went beyond the call to help me out. Thank you so very much for an answer t
(Fran on 06/24/08)

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Recent Answers from Julie Silber

2008-11-25 Value of 100 year old Crazy Quilt: Hi Wendy, Thanks very much for your question, I can make some suggestions -- it would be best for me to see photos of the quilt first. Can you send photos and a few other details such as size and...

2008-10-27 Old quilts: Hello Friend, You did the right thing! Thank you for saving these quilts. The one quilt photo I can see is of a design called "Grandmother's Flower Garden." The era for this design and those fabrics...

2008-10-21 antique quilt: Hi Lisa, Thanks for getting back to me. And thanks for your very positive rating on AllExperts. I don't think quilts were used as rugs -- that makes little sense to me. I'm thinking that if...

2008-10-20 antique quilt: Good Morning, Thanks for your question. I do not recognize the term -- and I would think that after almost forty years of collecting, selling, and studying quilts, I would know it if it has been...

2008-09-13 History of Prairie Points: Hi again, I heard from one of my colleagues who said: I believe they started as a trim on undergarments in the mid 1800's. I have an 1870 quilt with "prairie points". they reached their highest popularity...