Smucker, Janneken
A New Deal for Quilts
- ISBN 13:
- 9781735278452
- author:
- Smucker, Janneken
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- International Quilt Museum
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 250
- Dimensions:
- 27.8 x 22.8 x 2.2 centimetres (1
- Genre:
- Home & Garden, Crafts & Hobbies, Quilts & Quilting,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The quilt became an emblem for how to lift one's family out of poverty, piece by piece. During the Roosevelt administration's efforts to combat the Great Depression, quilts played a significant role in this effort. A New Deal for Quilts explores how the U.S. government drew on quilts and quilt-making, encouraging Americans to create quilts individually and collectively in response to unemployment, displacement, and recovery efforts. Quilters shared their perspectives on New Deal programs such as the Tennessee Valley Authority and the National Recovery Administration, which sent quilts as gifts to officials. Federal programs used quilts' symbolic heft to communicate values and behaviors individuals should embrace amid the Depression. The book features over one hundred period photographs and images of quilts, evoking the visual environment of the Depression while conveying how craft, work, race, poverty, and politics intersected during this pivotal era. A companion exhibit at the International Quilt Museum, featuring 1930s quilts from its renowned collection, accompanies the book.
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