The American Quilt Tradition

Author : Rachel May
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 168177478X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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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 : Sule Greg C. Wilson
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780823918546
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African American Quilting written by Sule Greg C. Wilson and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the symbolism, stories, and family meaning that make American quilting a rich art form; includes the how-to of quilting; and touches on other crafts of the African-American tradition, offering readers a chance to cultivate their own artistic talents.

Author : Amelia Peck
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870995928
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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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 : Marsha MacDowell
Publisher : MSU Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African American Quiltmaking in Michigan written by Marsha MacDowell and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A valuable, historical contribution, this is the first book on the quiltmaking tradition of African Americans in Michigan. With 60 photographs of quilts, it brings together many images in the exploration of African American quilting and examines quiltmaking as a form women have used to make a contribution to the historic meaning of the African American family and community.

Author : Robert Shaw
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402747731
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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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 : Roderick Kiracofe
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Quilt written by Roderick Kiracofe and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most important, comprehensive, and sumptuously illustrated addition to the literature of quilting since Quilts in America.

Author : Suzi Parron
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804040494
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement written by Suzi Parron and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-22 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the American Quilt Trail, featuring the colorful patterns of quilt squares painted large on barns throughout North America, is the story of one of the fastest-growing grassroots public arts movements in the United States and Canada. In Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement Suzi Parron takes us to twenty-five states as well as Canada to visit the people and places that have put this movement on America’s tourist and folk art map. Through dozens of interviews with barn quilt artists, committee members, and barn owners, Parron documents a journey that began in 2001 with the founder of the movement, Donna Sue Groves. Groves’s desire to honor her mother with a quilt square painted on their barn became a group effort that eventually grew into a county-wide project. Today, quilt squares form a long imaginary clothesline, appearing on more than three thousand barns scattered along one hundred and twenty driving trails. With more than eighty full-color photographs, Parron documents here a movement that combines rural economic development with an American folk art phenomenon.

Author : Marsha MacDowell
Publisher : Msu Museum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Michigan Quilts written by Marsha MacDowell and published by Msu Museum. This book was released on 1987 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michigan Quilts celebrates the 150th year of Michigan's statehood by focusing attention on quilt making, quilts, and quilters. Quilts have always represented prized family possessions, important family and community documents, and the strength and breadth of quilting as an art activity in the state.

Author : International Quilt Study Center & Museum
Publisher : That Patchwork Place
ISBN 13 : 9781604688917
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Quilt Treasures written by International Quilt Study Center & Museum and published by That Patchwork Place. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a dazzling journey through the spectacular colors, rich textures, and treasured traditions of America's most spectacular quilts. Delve into a one-of-a-kind exploration of 65 glorious quilts hand-selected from the permanent collection of American-made quilts at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum - the largest public collection of quilts in the world. Treat yourself to a personal tour through this collection of rare gems. Each gorgeous quilt is a precious historic heirloom in its own right, highlighted in stunning, color-saturated photos. You'll be inspired and moved again and again by the breathtaking beauty, incredible workmanship, and ingenious artistry of America's quiltmaking tradition.

Author : Susan Jenkins
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Quilt Story written by Susan Jenkins and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronological history of the American quilt from Colonial to Twentieth Century. Includes patterns and directions for 30 quilts.