Black Threads: An African American Quilting Sourcebook Contribut
[Black Threads: An African]

ISBN: 0786413743 EAN: 9780786413744

Publisher: McFarland & Company (View Publisher's Titles)

US SRP: $ 55.00 US

Binding: Hardcover

Pub Date: October 01, 2002

Publisher Marketing: This is the first comprehensive guide to African American quilt history and contemporary practices. It offers over 1,700 bibliographic references, many of them annotated, covering exhibit catalogs, books, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, films, novels, poetry, speeches, works of art, advertisements, patterns, greeting cards, auction results, ephemeral items, and online resources on African American quilting. The book also includes primary research done by the author on the Internet usage of African American quilters, a listing of over 100 museums with African American-made quilts in their permanent collections, a directory of African American quilting groups in 29 states, and a detailed timeline that covers 200 years of African American quilting and needle arts events. Show Less