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 mark...
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| Language: | English |
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Boston :
MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition |
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| Physical Description: | 239 pages : color illustrations ; 28 x 26 cm |
| Format: | Book |