Fabric of a nation : American quilt stories
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Parmal Pamela A. ; Swope Jennifer M. ; Whitley Lauren D. ; Ulrich Laurel Thatcher ; Museum of fine arts ;
- ISBN : 978-0-87846-876-8, 0-87846-876-5
- Sujets : Quilts -- États-Unis, Courtepointes, United States, Catalogues d'exposition, Museum of fine arts -- Collections d'art
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 volume (239 pages), : Illustrations en couleurs, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 28 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition homonyme présentée au Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, du 6 octobre 2021 au 17 janvier 2022 ; Notes bibliographiques. Index
Résumé
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. Exhibition: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA