Workt by Hand: Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts

ISBN 10: 0872731731 / ISBN 13: 9780872731738

Published by Brooklyn Museum, 2013

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Title: Workt by Hand: Hidden Labor and Historical ...

Publisher: Brooklyn Museum

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

Like the exhibition it accompanies, this catalogue, edited by Catherine Morris, spans two centuries of quilt making, examining the historical designation of quilts as crafts, the late twentieth-century shift toward a formalist appreciation of quilts as works of abstract art, and the impact of feminist scholarship on the ways quilts are viewed and interpreted. In addition to an essay by Morris and a roundtable discussion among her and four experts on quilts, the book features examples of the most iconic quilt designs together with illuminating texts on their place in quilt history.