Stitched from the soul : slave quilts from the Antebellum South / Gladys-Marie Fry with a new preface bt the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fry, Gladys-Marie, 1931-2015.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American quilts--Southern States--History--19th century.

African American quilts.

History.

Southern States.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (inscription) (Banks Collection copy)

Fry, Gladys-Marie, 1931-2015 (autograph) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

ix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 102 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2002.

Summary:

This richly illustrated book offers a glimpse into the lives and creativity of African-American quilters during the era of slavery. Originally published in 1989, this was the first book to examine the history of quilting in the enslaved community and to place slave-made quilts into historical and cultural context. Illustrations.

Contents:

Preface to the UNC Press Edition

Preface

Prologue

The Slave Seamstress

Quilting in the Quarters

The Quilting Party

Link to Survival

Epilogue.

Notes:

"A Chapel Hill Book."

"Front Cover: Pieced and embroidered quilt by Kissie Gary (1858-1945) ..."

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Dutton Studio Books, 1990.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-102).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy inscribed "To Jo Ann Banks. Love, peace, and joy! Gladys-Marie Fry October 11, 2002".

ISBN:

0807849952

9780807849958

OCLC:

49383552

Online:

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