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Fabric of a nation : American quilt stories /

By:

Parmal, Pamela A [author.]

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, [2021]Distributor: New York, NY : London : ARTBOOK - D.A.P. ; Thames & Hudson, Ltd. Manufacturer: Verona, Italy : Graphicom Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 239 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780878468768
0878468765

Other title:

American quilt stories

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

746.460973 23

LOC classification:

NK9112 .P37 2021

Contents:

Director's foreword -- Preface / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich -- The story of American quilts -- Ships & hands -- Canals & cotton gins -- Railroads & power looms -- Streetcars & sewing machines -- Automobiles & advertising -- Rockets & gallery walls.

Awards:

George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award, 2021.

Summary: "A mother stitches a few lines of prayer into a bedcover for her son serving in the Union army during the Civil War. A formerly enslaved African American woman creates a quilt populated by Biblical figures alongside celestial events. A quilted Lady Liberty, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln mark the resignation of Richard Nixon. These are just a few of the diverse and sometimes hidden stories of the American experience told by quilts and bedcovers from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Spanning more than 400 years, the 58 works of textile art in this book express the personal narratives of their makers and owners and connect to broader stories of global trade, immigration, industry, marginalization, and territorial and cultural expansion."--Provided by publisher.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Carleton University, AVRC	Open-stacks	NK9112 P37 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16055000343

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pamela A. Parmal is Chair and David and Roberta Logie Curator of Textile and Fashion Arts Emerita at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Jennifer M. Swope is Associate Curator of Textile and Fashion Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Lauren D. Whitley is Senior Curator Emerita of Textile and Fashion Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston"--Colophon. According to the museum website (viewed 2/15/2022), the exhibition scheduled for October 10, 2021-January 17, 2022.

George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award, 2021.

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