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A People and Their Quilts
John Rice Irwin
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Description for A People and Their Quilts
Hardcover. Num Pages: 214 pages, 239 photos & color plates. BIC Classification: WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 314 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1538.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780916838874
SKU
V9780916838874
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About John Rice Irwin
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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