Kentucky Quilts and Their Makers (eBook)

Mary Washington Clarke (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
136 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-8779-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Kentucky's contribution to the perennially popular American craft of quiltmaking is a rich and varied one. Mary Clarke examines here the state of the craft in Kentucky and finds it as lively today as it was 150 years ago.Like a fingerprint, every Kentucky quilt differs from all others in some respects, whether it is an original creation or a variation of one of the traditional patterns long popular in the United States. And many Kentucky quilts reveal much about the individual makerher disposition, taste, and lifestyle, the familiar objects that bring joy to her daily life, and her response to events beyond the confines of family and home.Taken as a whole, Kentucky quilts and quilt names reflect the history of the Commonwealth, at every turn showing the intermingling of old and new in the grassroots continuity of an ancient craft that responds to fads and fashions by absorbing and refining them.

Autor

Mary Washington Clarke is emeritus professor of English and folklore at Western Kentucky University.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.11.2021
• Zusatzinfo: color illus
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: How to Quilt • kentucky arts and crafts • kentucky folk arts • quilting bees • quilting folklore • quilting history • quilting stories • traditional quiltmaking • traditional quilt patterns
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-8779-6 / 0813187796
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-8779-2 / 9780813187792