Overshot - The Political Aesthetics of Woven Textiles from the Antebellum South

Informationen zum Autor SUSAN FALLS is a professor of anthropology at the Savannah College of Art & Design and the author of White Gold: Stories of Breast Milk Sharing and Clarity, Cut, and Culture: The Many Meanings of Diamonds . Zusammenfassung Woven coverlets have appeared in several guises within the history of folk textiles. Created on four-harness looms, coverlets made in the nineteenth-century American South typically featured coloured wool and cotton threads woven into geometric patterns. Susan Falls and Jessica Smith analyse what we can learn by examining these materials.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Susan Falls, Susan/ Smith Falls, Jessica R Smith, Jessica R. Smith
• Editore: The University of Georgia Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780820357713
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-5771-3
• Pagine: 216
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura d'interni, design; 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Afrikanische Geschichte, HISTORY / African American, History - U.S., HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, DESIGN / Textile & Costume