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American quilts : a handmade legacy : [exhibition catalog] / edited by L. Thomas Frye ; guest curators Pat Ferrero, Linda Reuther, and Julie Silber

Catalog Data

Author:
Frye, L. Thomas  Search this
Oakland Museum  Search this
Physical description:
86 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
United States
Date:
1981
C1981
19th century
20th century
Notes:
Issued on the occasion of an exhibition, held Jan. 13-Apr. 1, 1981, at the Oakland Museum.
"Quilts in the exhibition": p. 78-86.
NMAH copy 39088008959942 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of Susan Myers.
Contents:
Introduction / by L. Thomas Frye -- Preface, the collections of the Oakland Museum / by Inez Brooks-Myers -- A legacy of hearts and hands / by Pat Ferrero, Linda Reuther, and Julie Silber -- Textiles as history / by Rachel Maines -- The 19th-century diarist and her quilts / by Elaine Hedges -- Portraits, seven contemporary quiltmakers / by Debra Heimerdinger -- Film as art, quilts in women's lives / by Stephanie Krebs
Topic:
Quilts  Search this
Quilts--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_557594