Going West!: Quilts and Community - Hardcover

Fox, Sandi; Kiracofe, Roderick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904832458 ISBN 13: 9781904832454

Publisher: GILES, 2007

Synopsis

Going West! Quilts and Community presents, in striking colour, over 50 19th-century quilts either made, or transported along the great migratory wagon trails, and reveals the essential role that quilts and quiltmaking played in the lives of frontier women.

Pioneers heading for a new life in the Nebraska Territory packed their wagons with necessities that almost always included quilts, which were used as sturdy domestic bedding along the trail, or packed tenderly in the trunk as a tie to all that had been left behind. The quilts have been selected by independent curator and co-author Sandi Fox, with an essay on the history and social context of quilt-making by leading quilt scholar Roderick Kiracofe.

About this title

About the Author:

Sandi Fox is former curator of quilts at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, associate fellow at the International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska, and research associate, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Review:

this lavishly illustrated book gives a fascinating glimpse into the lives of these brave Pioneer women” Patchwork and Quilting

Steven Oliver’s masterful photographs reveal the artistry in these colorful but vital textiles” Early Homes

About this edition

• Publisher: GILES
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1904832458
• ISBN 13: 9781904832454
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128