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Since the 19th century, the women of Gee's Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. Beautifully illustrated with 110 color ...Show synopsisSince the 19th century, the women of Gee's Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. Beautifully illustrated with 110 color illustrations, The Quilts of Gee's Bend includes a historical overview of the two hundred years of extraordinary quilt-making in this African-American community, its people, and their art-making tradition. This book is being-released in conjunction with a national exhibition tour including The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.Hide synopsis
Quilts of Gee's Bend (Tinwood Books) – Hardcover (2002)
by
William Arnett, Alvia J Wardlaw, Jane Livingston
Hardcover, Tinwood Books 2002
English
140 pages
ISBN: 0965376648 ISBN-13: 9780965376648
Since the 19th century, the women of Gee's Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. Beautifully illustrated with 110 color illustrations, The Quilts of Gee's Bend includes a historical overview of the two hundred years of extraordinary quilt-making in this African-American community, its people, and their art-making tradition. This book is being-released in conjunction with a national exhibition tour including The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.Since the 19th century, the women of Gee's Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. Beautifully illustrated with 110 color illustrations, The Quilts of Gee's Bend includes a historical overview of the two hundred years of extraordinary quilt-making in this African-American community, its people, and their art-making tradition. This book is being-released in conjunction with a national exhibition tour including The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.Hide
Description:Fair. Dust jacket scuffed, bent pages, marks on page edges,...Fair. Dust jacket scuffed, bent pages, marks on page edges, slightly worn edges/corners.
Publisher: Atlanta and Houston: Tinwood Books in association with The Museum of...
Description:First edition. Large quarto hardback. 190 pp. Colour...First edition. Large quarto hardback. 190 pp. Colour illustrations. Fine condition in Fine dust jacket.
Description:Near Fine oversized hardcover in a Very Good+ dust jacket....Near Fine oversized hardcover in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Some very light normal aging to exterior. Scattered scratches to rear jacket only. Slight lean to book. Small faint stain to lower page-ends. Pages, text and illustrations are clean and bright. With illustrations in color and b&w. Overall a very attractive copy. This is a large book; PLEASE CONTACT US for photos and/or shipping information. 190 pp.
Description:Good. This book is used and in good condition and may or may...Good. This book is used and in good condition and may or may not include additional materials, highlighting, and writing.
Description:As New in As New dust jacket in Like New jacket. 13 1/2" x 11 1...As New in As New dust jacket in Like New jacket. 13 1/2" x 11 1/2", 192 pp, copy is crisp, unread and is in MINT condition, profusely illustrated in color throughout.
Description:GOOD. JUMBO-Clean, unread hardcover with modest shelfwear...GOOD. JUMBO-Clean, unread hardcover with modest shelfwear including a torn dust jacket and a publisher's mark to one edge-okay reading copy. 4 lbs.
Description:Near Fine in Very Good DJ. 190 pp, folio. Cloth in dj. Light...Near Fine in Very Good DJ. 190 pp, folio. Cloth in dj. Light shelfwear to boards and dj, rear panel of dj lightly scuffed. Faint scuff to half-title. Else fine, clean and tight.
If you have any degree of interest in quilts, the making of them and their history, and even if you think you don't have such an interest, then do please read this book - it will blow your socks off!! It not only shows you wonderful examples of quilts made by women from a small community in the southern ...
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