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Unconventional & Unexpected: American Quilts Below the Radar 1950-2000

Author : Roderick Kiracofe
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1617691232

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Unconventional & Unexpected: American Quilts Below the Radar 1950-2000 by Roderick Kiracofe Pdf

Presents 150 quilts from the author's collection which were made during the second half of the twentieth century by anonymous quilters in the United States, along with a series of essays on quilt making as an art form.

Great American Quilts

Author : Leisure Arts,Oxmoor House Staff,Oxmoor House
Publisher : Leisure Arts
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0848715268

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Great American Quilts by Leisure Arts,Oxmoor House Staff,Oxmoor House Pdf

his collection of 24 quilts features magnificent creations from quilters across the country. From "sea and sky" themes to autumn colors, Christmas patterns, and traditional designs, all come with complete color charts, patterns, and portraits of the desi

An American Quilt

Author : Rachel May
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781681774787

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An American Quilt by Rachel May Pdf

Rachel May’s rich new book explores the far reach of slavery, from New England to the Caribbean, the role it played in the growth of mercantile America, and the bonds between the agrarian south and the industrial north in the antebellum era—all through the discovery of a remarkable quilt. While studying objects in a textile collection, May opened a veritable treasure-trove: a carefully folded, unfinished quilt made of 1830sera fabrics, its backing containing fragile, aged papers with the dates 1798, 1808, and 1813, the words “shuger,” “rum,” “casks,” and “West Indies,” repeated over and over, along with “friendship,” “kindness,” “government,” and “incident.” The quilt top sent her on a journey to piece together the story of Minerva, Eliza, Jane, and Juba—the enslaved women behind the quilt—and their owner, Susan Crouch. May brilliantly stitches together the often-silenced legacy of slavery by revealing the lives of these urban enslaved women and their world. Beautifully written and richly imagined, An American Quilt is a luminous historical examination and an appreciation of a craft that provides such a tactile connection to the past.

Great American Quilts 1992

Author : Sandra L. O'Brien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Quilting
ISBN : 0848710657

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Great American Quilts 1992 by Sandra L. O'Brien Pdf

Various quilt patterns.

American Quilts

Author : Robert Shaw
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 140274773X

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American Quilts by Robert Shaw Pdf

This photographed book covers the historical panorama of quiltmaking in the United States, from the quintessential patterns to their cultural significance.--[Book jacket.].

American Quilts & Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Author : Amelia Peck,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780870995927

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American Quilts & Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Amelia Peck,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Catalogs the Museum's quilt and coverlet collection and discusses the history of the quiltmaker's art

Glorious American Quilts

Author : Museum of American Folk Art,Elizabeth V. Warren,Sharon L. Eisenstat
Publisher : Penguin Putnam
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Quilting
ISBN : UCSD:31822021297122

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Glorious American Quilts by Museum of American Folk Art,Elizabeth V. Warren,Sharon L. Eisenstat Pdf

"One of America's largest collections of quilts - containing almost 400 examples at the time of this publication and steadily growing - belongs to the Museum of American Folk Art in New York City. As it is a national, not a regional institution, the Museum does not restrict its collection by location, nor is it restricted by time period: The quilts have been made all over the country and range in date from the late-eighteenth to the late-twentieth century." "Until this publication, however, there has been no comprehensive guide to the Museum's quilts, almost all of which have been donated by collectors in the field. Highlights from the collection have been published and exhibited many times, but the purpose of this book is to provide an opportunity for quiltmakers, collectors, scholars, and others to explore the collection in depth. The comprehensive discussion of the quilts has been divided into eleven chapters that are illustrated with 141 color plates. This text is then followed by a catalog of the entire collection, which in turn contains forty-four black-and-white illustrations. Here, then, is a richly handsome and informative volume that will prove to be essential for all those fascinated by this category of American folk art."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

How to Make an American Quilt

Author : Whitney Otto
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780804181228

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How to Make an American Quilt by Whitney Otto Pdf

“Remarkable . . . It is a tribute to an art form that allowed women self-expression even when society did not. Above all, though, it is an affirmation of the strength and power of individual lives, and the way they cannot help fitting together.”—The New York Times Book Review An extraordinary and moving novel, How to Make an American Quilt is an exploration of women of yesterday and today, who join together in a uniquely female experience. As they gather year after year, their stories, their wisdom, their lives, form the pattern from which all of us draw warmth and comfort for ourselves. The inspiration for the major motion picture featuring Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, and Maya Angelou Praise for How to Make an American Quilt “Fascinating . . . highly original . . . These are beautiful individual stories, stitched into a profoundly moving whole. . . . A spectrum of women’s experience in the twentieth century.”—Los Angeles Times “Intensely thoughtful . . . In Grasse, a small town outside Bakersfield, the women meet weekly for a quilting circle, piercing together scraps of their husbands’ old workshirts, children’s ragged blankets, and kitchen curtains. . . . Like the richly colored, well-placed shreds that make up the substance of an American quilt, details serve to expand and illuminate these characters. . . . The book spans half a century and addresses not only [these women’s] histories but also their children’s, their lovers’, their country’s, and in the process, their gender’s.”—San Francisco Chronicle “A radiant work of art . . . It is about mothers and daughters; it is about the estrangement and intimacy between generations. . . . A compelling tale.”—The Seattle Times

American Country Scrap Quilts

Author : Marianne Fons
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0875966268

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American Country Scrap Quilts by Marianne Fons Pdf

Presents thirty-one projects for constructing "scrap" quilts--a style which utilizes as many as several hundred different fabrics--and offers sewing tips, quilting ideas, and timesaving cutting charts

Amish Quilts

Author : Janneken Smucker
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781421410531

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Amish Quilts by Janneken Smucker Pdf

By thoroughly examining all of these aspects, Amish Quilts is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of these beautiful works.--Roderick Kiracofe, author of The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort, 1750-1950 "Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies"

Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1604736461

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Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters by Anonim Pdf

An authoritative account of the powerful bonds between generations of African American quiltmakers

American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940

Author : Marin F. Hanson,Patricia Cox Crews
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015080814893

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American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940 by Marin F. Hanson,Patricia Cox Crews Pdf

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich has remarked, “Much of the social history of early America has been lost to us precisely because women were expected to use needles rather than pens.” This book, part of the multivolume series of the International Quilt Study Center collections, recovers a swath of that lost history and shows us some of America’s treasured material culture as it was pieced and stitched into place. American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870–1940 examines the period’s quilts from both an artistic and a historical perspective. From pieced block to Crazy style to Colonial Revival examples, as well as one-of-a-kind creations, the full array of style and design appears in this book covering seven decades of quiltmaking. The contributing authors provide critical information regarding the modern and anti-modern tensions that persisted throughout this era of America’s coming of age, from the Civil War to World War II. They also address the textile technology and cultural context of the times in which the quilts were created, with an eye to the role that industrialization and modernization played in the evolution of techniques, materials, and designs. With full-color photographs of over 587 quilts, American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940 offers a new visual and tactile understanding of American culture and society, bridging the transition from traditional folk culture to the age of mass production and consumption.

Always There

Author : Cuesta Benberry
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : African American art
ISBN : UOM:39015020827583

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Always There by Cuesta Benberry Pdf

Thoughtfully written by curator Cuesta Benberry as catalogue for The Kentucky Quilt Project's installation of 1992 exhibition by the same title. Features 35 quilts in full color. Forewords by Jonathan Holstein & Shelly Zegart. Text discusses the historical context of African-American quiltmaking in the mainstream of American quilting and reviews some of the current artists' use of quilts as their point of reference.

Mary Schafer, American Quilt Maker

Author : Gwen Marston
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004-03-25
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780472068555

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Mary Schafer, American Quilt Maker by Gwen Marston Pdf

The story of the woman who helped create the modern American quilting revival

Quilt Block on American Barns

Author : Eleanor Burns
Publisher : Quilt in a Day.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-14
Category : Machine quilting
ISBN : 1891776401

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Quilt Block on American Barns by Eleanor Burns Pdf

"Diana created a warm, down-home country feeling with her choice of Kansas Trouble fabrics by Moda. Her quilt fulfills a drem of driving down country roads in America's heartland. It's perfect to snuggle under by the fireplace on a cold winter day"--Page 4 of cover.