People and Their Quilts - Softcover

Irwin, John Rice

 
9780887400247: People and Their Quilts
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0887400248 ISBN 13: 9780887400247
Verlag: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1984

Inhaltsangabe

Quilts are a reflection of the people who make, use, and cherish them through the years. John Rice Irwin has personally conducted interviews with hundreds of old-time quiltmakers, some of whom were over one hundred years old. Detailed photographs taken by Pulitzer Prize winner Robin Hood depict an opulent conglomeration of quilts, from the community quilt which became known as the Murder Quilt. More importantly, Irwin looks under the quilts, at the lives of the people who created and used them. He explores their ambitions and aspirations, their struggles and disappointments. From the young ladies of Salem Valley who pieced a quilt for the town's most eligible bachelor in the hope that one of them would sleep under it, to the retired physician who began quilting in his late sixties to fill his spare time, Irwin presents their stories with compassion and candor. This lavishly illustrated volume is a treasure trove of creative needlework, colorful anecdotes, and intriguing personal histories which will entertain readers of all ages.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John Irwin is an educator-historian and one of the area's leading authorities on the pioneer-frontier culture. He is the founder and director of the nationally-known Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee.

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Verlag
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
1984
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0887400248
ISBN 13 
9780887400247
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
214
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