Georgia Quilts - Piecing Together a History

Informationen zum Autor Anita Zaleski Weinraub is the chairwoman of the Georgia Quilt Project and a contributor to "The Olympic Games Quilts" volume. She has curated four quilt exhibitions at the Atlanta History Center. Klappentext Showcases the diversity of quilting materials! methods! and patterns used in the state since the nineteenth century. This book also reveals how quilts serve as conduits of history and culture. It contains chapters that follow various threads of the craft! including Civil War - era quilts! the cotton economy! quilting groups! and more. Zusammenfassung An abundantly illustrated volume from the painstaking work of the Georgia Quilt Project and the most authoritative survey of quilts and quiltmakers in the state. Showcases the diversity of quilting materials, methods, and patterns used from the nineteenth century to the present and reveals how quilts serve as conduits of history and culture.

Product details

• Assisted by: William C. L. Weinraub (Photographs), Anita Zaleski Weinraub (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2006
• EAN: 9780820328508
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-2850-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Wormsloe Foundation Publicatio; Wormsloe Foundation Publication; Wormsloe Foundation Publicatio
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Handicrafts, textiles; Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous