Tennessee Delta quiltmaking
By: Teri Klassen
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: The University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9781621902706
Subjects: Social life and customs; Quilting; Rural African Americans; African American quiltmakers; Quiltmakers; Rural women
Description: In Tennessee Delta Quiltmaking, Teri Klassen traces how mid-twentieth-century common quilts developed from nineteenth-century styles. Through interviews with people from rural households, Klassen uncovers the ways in which designs and labor were shared and the ways in which quiltmaking was part of the small-farm culture that was common to blacks and whites. By considering quiltmaking's practical, aesthetic, and social aspects in a historical, mixed-race context, Tennessee Delta Quiltmaking makes a unique contribution to the study of the Tennessee Delta and the understanding of common-quilt design.--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.