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Accidentally on Purpose: The Aesthetic Management of Irregularities in African Textiles and African-American Quilts
Accidentally on Purpose The Aesthetic Management of Irregularities in African Textiles and AfricanAmerican Quilts
Author: Eli Leon
This exuberantly illustrated book celebrates the sophistication, vivacity, and significance of improvisational African-Aemrican quilts, both as artistic achievements and as expressions of African-American traditions. The knowledge, attitudes, and values carried across the Atlantic by enslaved Africans appear to have informed a quiltmaking tradi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780977149124
ISBN-10: 0977149129
Publication Date: 2/15/2007
Pages: 176
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Publisher: Figge Art Museum
Book Type: Paperback
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