| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 309 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Praise for Kentucky Quilts and Quiltmakers -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Series page -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I Tracing the First 125 Years c. 1775-1900 -- 1 Frontier Needlework to Commonwealth Quilt Commerce, c. 1775-1820 -- 2 Nineteenth-Century Kentucky Quilts -- 3 The Sewing Machine and Cotton Batting -- 4 Early Black Quiltmakers and Quilters -- 5 Quilts as Communication and Commemoration -- 6 Quiltmaking during the Civil War and the Quilt Code Debunked -- 7 The Shaker Quilt Myth Quashed |
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Part II Altering the Aesthetic and Celebrating the Legacy c. 1900-2000 -- 8 Twentieth-Century Quilt Influences, Styles, and Preferences -- 9 Twentieth-Century Quilt Commerce -- 10 Quilt Contests -- 11 Art Quilts, Influential Exhibitions, and Kentucky Art Quilters -- 12 The Study of Quilt History -- Part III Millennial Shifts in Material Culture c. 2000-2024 -- 13 Innovations, Institutions, and Entrepreneurs in the Quilt World -- 14 Kentuckians Celebrate Tradition So Quilts Will "Go On" -- 15 Quilt-Based Teaching and Creative Techniques -- 16 Quiltmakers Give Back -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments |
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Appendix One. Contemporary Quiltmakers Share Their Techniques -- Appendix Two. Quilt Care -- Appendix Three. How to Pad and Fold a Quilt for Storage -- Appendix Four. Kentucky Quilt Collections and Online Quilt Resources -- Appendix Five. Select Kentucky Quilt Organizations -- Appendix Six. Select National and International Quilt Museums and Organizations -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index |
| Summary |
"Although they are commonplace in American homes, quilts are much more than simple patchwork bed coverings and wall adornments. While many of these beautiful and intricate works of art are rich in history and tradition, others reflect the cutting-edge talent and avant-garde mastery of contemporary quiltmakers. Kentucky Quilts and Quiltmakers: Three Centuries of Creativity, Community, and Commerce is the first comprehensive study to approach quilts as objects of material culture that have adorned homes throughout the history of the commonwealth and the country. Linda Elisabeth LaPinta highlights such topics as quiltmaking in women's history, the influence of early Black quiltmakers, popular Kentucky quilt patterns, types, and colors, and the continuing importance of preserving the commonwealth's quilt history and traditions. The author provides a panoramic view of Kentucky quiltmaking from colonial America through the American Revolution, the Civil War to the 1900s, to the new millennium and the dynamic quilting industry of today. LaPinta reveals Kentucky's pivotal role in shaping significant aspects of American quilt culture--Kentuckians founded the first statewide quilt documentation project, created important exhibits and major quilt organizations, and established the National Quilt Museum. Rounding out this all-encompassing volume is a collection of fascinating and intimate artistic commentaries by notable quiltmakers, as well as discussion of the key players who have conserved, celebrated, and showcased the commonwealth's extraordinary quilt culture." -- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 18, 2023) |
| Subject |
Quilting -- Kentucky -- History
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Quiltmakers -- Kentucky -- History
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Quilting
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Quiltmakers
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Kentucky
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zegart, Shelly, 1941- author of foreword.
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Bennett, Frank (Frank W.), author of afterword.
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| ISBN |
0813198208 |
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9780813198194 |
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0813198194 |
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9780813198200 |
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