Kantha : the embroidered quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collection and the Stella Kramrisch collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art / edited by Darielle Mason ; with essays by Pika Ghosh ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mason, Darielle.

Ghosh, Pika, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kramrisch, Stella, 1898-1993.

Bonovitz, Jill (Jill F.).

Bonovitz, Sheldon M.

Kanthas--Exhibitions.

Kanthas.

Bonovitz, Sheldon M--Art collections--Exhibitions.

Bonovitz, Jill (Jill F.)--Art collections--Exhibitions.

Bonovitz, Jill.

Kramrisch, Stella, 1898-1993--Art collections--Exhibitions.

Kramrisch, Stella.

Art museums.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xiii, 290 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Museum of Art ; New Haven : In association with Yale University Press, [2009]

Contents:

Background texture : lives and landscapes of Bengal's embroidered quilts / Darielle Mason

From rags to riches : valuing Kanthas in Bengali households / Pika Ghosh

In search of "living traditions" : Gurusaday Dutt, Zainul Abedin, and the institutional life of Kanthas / Katherine Hacker

Embroidering Bengal : Kantha imagery and regional identity / Pika Ghosh

Woman's word/women's voices in the Kantha / Niaz Zaman

A many-splendored thing : Kantha technique and design / Anne Peranteau

Interwoven in the pattern of time : Stella Kramrisch and Kanthas / Darielle Mason

Kanthā (1939) / Stella Kramrisch

Resonances : a discussion on collecting with Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz / Darielle Mason.

Notes:

Published in connection with the exhibition held Dec. 12, 2009-July 25, 2010, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780876332184

0876332181

9780876332191

087633219X

9780300154429

0300154429

OCLC:

326626421