Fabric of a nation, American quilt stories, Pamela A. Parmal; Jennifer M. Swope; Lauren D. Whitley ; with a preface by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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Fabric of a nation, American quilt stories, Pamela A. Parmal; Jennifer M. Swope; Lauren D. Whitley ; with a preface by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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no index present
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non fiction
Main title
Fabric of a nation
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Pamela A. Parmal; Jennifer M. Swope; Lauren D. Whitley ; with a preface by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Sub title
American quilt stories
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
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