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Quilts are much more than fabrics or less conventional materials
stitched or otherwise secured together to adorn beds and walls.
While many of these beautiful and intricate works of art are rich
in history and tradition and provide a gateway into the past,
others reflect the avant-garde mastery of contemporary,
cutting-edge talent. Kentucky Quilts and Quiltmakers: Three
Centuries of Creativity, Community, and Commerce is the first
comprehensive study to approach quilts as objects of material
culture that have appeared consistently throughout the history of
the commonwealth and the country. Linda Elisabeth LaPinta
highlights such topics as the role of quilt making in women's
history; the influence of early Black quiltmakers and quilters;
popular Kentucky quilt patterns, types, and colors; and the
continuing importance to Kentuckians of preserving quilt history
and traditions. The author provides a panoramic view of the
Kentucky quilt world - from Colonial America through the American
Revolution, the Civil War to the 1900s, to the new millennium and
the ever-changing landscape of today's quilting industry. LaPinta
reveals the pivotal role that Kentucky's quilts and quiltmakers
have played in shaping significant aspects of the national quilt
scene, including the first statewide quilt documentation project,
significant exhibits, major quilt organizations, and the National
Quilt Museum. Rounding out this all-encompassing volume is a
collection of significant and intimate recollections and artistic
commentaries by notable quiltmakers who created these works of art,
as well as discussion of the curators, collectors, historians,
entrepreneurs, and other key players who have created, conserved,
celebrated, and showcased the commonwealth's extraordinary quilt
world culture.
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