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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Parmal, Pamela A. (Author) Swope, Jennifer (Author) Whitley, Lauren D. (Author)
Corporate Author:	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Host institution)
Other Authors:	Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, 1938- (Writer of preface)
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [2021]
Edition:	First edition
Subjects:	Quilts > United States > History > Exhibitions. Quilts. United States. Exhibition catalogs. History.
Genre:	Exhibitions. Exhibition catalogs. History.
Physical Description:	239 pages : color illustrations ; 28 x 26 cm
Format:	Book

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