Fabric of a nation : American quilt stories

Fabric of a nation : American quilt stories / Pamela A. Parmal, Jennifer M. Swope, Lauren D. Whitley ; with a preface by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.

"A mother stitches a few lines of prayer into a bedcover for her son serving in the Union army during the Civil War. A formerly enslaved African American woman creates a quilt populated by Biblical figures alongside celestial events. A quilted Lady Liberty, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln...

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Main Authors: Parmal, Pamela A. (Author), Swope, Jennifer (Author), Whitley, Lauren D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Massachusetts : MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, [2021]
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston > Exhibitions.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Quilts > United States > History > Exhibitions.
Art quilts > United States > History > Exhibitions.
Quilts > Massachusetts > Boston > Exhibitions.
Quiltmakers > United States > Biography.
Quilts.
Massachusetts > Boston.
United States.
History.
Exhibition catalogs.
Collection catalogs.
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Worcester Art Museum Library - Reading Room

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Call Number: NK9112 .P37 2021
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