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Always there : the African-American presence in American quilts / Cuesta Benberry ; forewords by Jonathan Holstein and Shelly Zegart.

LIBRA - Rare NK9112 .B45 1992 Banks copy
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Benberry, Cuesta.
Contributor:
Holstein, Jonathan, writer of foreword.
Zegart, Shelly, 1941- writer of foreword.
Kentucky Quilt Project, issuing body.
Museum of History and Science (Louisville, Ky.)
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African American quilts--Exhibitions.
African American quilts.
Genre:
Exhibition catalogs.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
132 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Edition:
First Edition.
Place of Publication:
Louisville, Kentucky. : The Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc., 1992.
Summary:
Thoughtfully written by curator Cuesta Benberry as catalogue for The Kentucky Quilt Project's installation of 1992 exhibition by the same title. Features 35 quilts in full color. Forewords by Jonathan Holstein & Shelly Zegart. Text discusses the historical context of African-American quiltmaking in the mainstream of American quilting and reviews some of the current artists' use of quilts as their point of reference.
Contents:
Foreword / by Jonathan Holstein
Foreword / by Shelly Zegart
Introduction / by Cuesta Benberry
Slave-Made Quilts in Ante-Bellum America
Free Blacks in Ante-Bellum America
Beyond Our Borders
Post-Bellum Period: Elizabeth Keckley
Bible Quilts
Late Nineteenth Century
Perkins Family Quilts
African-American Quilts in the Twentieth Century
Artists and Authors
The Quilts.
Notes:
"First edition published January, 1992."
"This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition: Always there : the African-American presence in American quilts, produced by the Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc. as part of Louisville Celebrates the American quilt, Museum of History and Science, Louisville, Kentucky, February 7, 1992-March 31, 1992"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-124).
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Other Format:
Online version: Benberry, Cuesta. Always there.
ISBN:
1880584026
9781880584026
OCLC:
25259751

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