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Author : Robert Charles Bishop
Publisher : Dutton Adult
ISBN 13 : 9780525165521
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (655 download)
Download or read book New Discoveries in American Quilts written by Robert Charles Bishop and published by Dutton Adult. This book was released on 1975 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rachel May
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 168177478X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)
Download or read book An American Quilt written by Rachel May and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Robert Bishop
Publisher : Plume
ISBN 13 : 9780525482413
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (824 download)
Download or read book New Discovery in American Quilting written by Robert Bishop and published by Plume. This book was released on 1975-11-24 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book New Jersey Quilts 1777 to 1950 written by Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Charles Bishop
Publisher : Plume Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book New Discoveries in American Quilts written by Robert Charles Bishop and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 1975 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Shaw
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402747731
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (477 download)
Download or read book American Quilts written by Robert Shaw and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This photographed book covers the historical panorama of quiltmaking in the United States, from the quintessential patterns to their cultural significance.--[Book jacket.].
Author : Amelia Peck
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870995928
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)
Download or read book American Quilts & Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Amelia Peck and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1990 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalogs the Museum's quilt and coverlet collection and discusses the history of the quiltmaker's art
Author : Gwen Marston
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472068555
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Mary Schafer, American Quilt Maker written by Gwen Marston and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2004-03-25 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the woman who helped create the modern American quilting revival
Author : Marin F. Hanson
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940 written by Marin F. Hanson and published by University of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Carolyn Mazloomi
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Spirits of the Cloth written by Carolyn Mazloomi and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 1998 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author presents a collection of 150 contemporary African American quilts and the stories behind both the quilts and the quilters.
Author : Thos. K. Woodard
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486157911
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Classic Crib Quilts and How to Make Them written by Thos. K. Woodard and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wealth of information on pieced and appliqué crib quilts: their history, 156 full-color photos of 19th- and early-20th-century creations, patterns and instructions for 13 charming covers, more.
Author : Pattie Chase
Publisher : New York : Dutton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Contemporary Quilt written by Pattie Chase and published by New York : Dutton. This book was released on 1978 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cindy Brick
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 1610600053
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Crazy Quilts written by Cindy Brick and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Here's your chance to get up close and personal with an amazing collections of crazies!" - Quilter's Newsletter Magazine. Made from the finest silks, satins, and velvets and stitched together with elaborate embroidery, the crazy quilt is a testament to quilters’ rich imagination and artistry. This beautiful book traces the bewitching history of “Crazies” from their earliest origins to the present day. Distinguished quilting teacher and appraiser Cindy Brick follows the crazy quilt from colonial times, the Civil War, the Victorian era, and through today, decoding the mystery and meaning of these curious quilts. Also included is a detailed how-to section on constructing crazy quilts. Brick offers methods for planning, piecing, and embroidering or embellishing your quilt, and gives numerous helpful tips that only an expert could provide.
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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781604736465
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters written by and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative account of the powerful bonds between generations of African American quiltmakers
Author : Cheryl B. Torsney
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826209634
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Quilt Culture written by Cheryl B. Torsney and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As a blanket, a commemorative covering, and a work of art, the quilt is a nearly universal cultural artifact. In recent years it has been recognized as one of our most compelling symbols of cultural diversity and the power of women. In this collection, Cheryl B. Torsney and Judy Elsley bring together eleven provocative essays on the quilt as metaphor--in literature, history, politics, and philosophy. This interdisciplinary approach makes Quilt Culture an extraordinarily rich exploration of a cultural artifact whose meaning is far more complex than that of a simple bed covering."--Publishers website.
Author : Judy Florence
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486284778
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (862 download)
Download or read book Scrap Quilts and How to Make Them written by Judy Florence and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create beautiful, one-of-a-kind quilts with expert advice on managing fabric and types of scrap quilt designs, suggestions for adapting traditional patterns, and more. Also included: complete instructions and full-size patterns for Attic Windows, Bow Tie, Brickwork, Alphabetical by Flavor, Hole in the Barn Door, Escape, and Stars and Bars.
Author : Aimee E. Newell
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821444751
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)
Download or read book A Stitch in Time written by Aimee E. Newell and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from 167 examples of decorative needlework—primarily samplers and quilts from 114 collections across the United States—made by individual women aged forty years and over between 1820 and 1860, this exquisitely illustrated book explores how women experienced social and cultural change in antebellum America. The book is filled with individual examples, stories, and over eighty fine color photographs that illuminate the role that samplers and needlework played in the culture of the time. For example, in October 1852, Amy Fiske (1785–1859) of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, stitched a sampler. But she was not a schoolgirl making a sampler to learn her letters. Instead, as she explained, “The above is what I have taken from my sampler that I wrought when I was nine years old. It was w[rough]t on fine cloth [and] it tattered to pieces. My age at this time is 66 years.” Situated at the intersection of women’s history, material culture study, and the history of aging, this book brings together objects, diaries, letters, portraits, and prescriptive literature to consider how middle-class American women experienced the aging process. Chapters explore the physical and mental effects of “old age” on antebellum women and their needlework, technological developments related to needlework during the antebellum period and the tensions that arose from the increased mechanization of textile production, and how gift needlework functioned among friends and family members. Far from being solely decorative ornaments or functional household textiles, these samplers and quilts served their own ends. They offered aging women a means of coping, of sharing and of expressing themselves. These “threads of time” provide a valuable and revealing source for the lives of mature antebellum women. Publication of this book was made possible in part through generous funding from the Coby Foundation, Ltd and from the Quilters Guild of Dallas, Helena Hibbs Endowment Fund.
