Name/Title
Amish abstractions : quilts from the collection of Faith and Stephen BrownEntry/Object ID
NK9198.5.U6.S62 2009 Description
Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Amish Abstractions explores the origins, techniques, and context of these visual masterpieces. More than seventy-five quilts originating in communities throughout Pennsylvania in the Midwest from the 1880s to the 1940s are presented with contributions by three quilt experts: Joe Cunningham, a well-known quilt artist, author and lecturer; Robert Shaw, an independent curator of numerous quilt exhibitions; and Janneken Smucker, a doctoral candidate at the University of Delaware specializing in quilts from the Amish and Mennonite traditions.Context
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Nov. 14, 2009-June 6, 2010.Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Suzanne StassevitchNotes
Gift of Suzanne Stassevitch, August 2022.Lexicon
Search Terms
amish quilts--exhibitions, quilts--exhibitions, quilts--private collections--united states, quilts--united statesLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Janneken Smucker, Robert Shaw, Joe CunninghamPublisher
Pomegranate Communications, Fine Arts Museums of San FranciscoDate Published
2009ISBN
9780764951657LCCN
2009016951Notes
Length: 127General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Foreword / John E. Buchanan Jr. --
Collectors' note / Faith and Stephen Brown --
Quilts in Amish contexts : traditions and adaptations / Janneken Smucker --
Fundamentally abstract : the aesthetic achievement of Amish quilts and quiltmakers / Robert Shaw --
It's all in the details : the making of Amish quilts / Joe Cunningham --
Plates --
List of works illustrated.