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This richly illustrated book offers a glimpse into the lives and creativity of African American quilters during the era of slavery. Originally published in 1989, Stitched from the Soul was the first book to examine the history of quilting in the enslaved community and to place slave-made quilts into historical and cultural context. It remains a beautiful and moving tribute to an African American tradition. Undertaking a national search to locate slave-crafted textiles, Gladys-Marie Fry uncovered a treasure trove of pieces. The 123 color and black and white photographs featured here highlight many of the finest and most interesting examples of the quilts, woven coverlets, counterpanes, rag rugs, and crocheted artifacts attributed to slave women and men. In a new preface, Fry reflects on the inspiration behind her original research--the desire to learn more about her enslaved great-great-grandmother, a skilled seamstress--and on the deep and often emotional chords the book has struck among readers bonded by an interest in African American artistry.… (plus d'informations)
Stitched from the Soul: Slave Quilts from the Antebellum South contains some wonderful photos, but the author's scholarship has been questioned by several quilt historians. Fry is a folklorist, with no particular background in the history of quilts or textiles, and she appears to have accepted family stories as fact without further investigation. Dates assigned to some of the quilts do not appear credible, based on the fabrics and the block patterns used.
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To my father, Louis Edwin Fry, Sr., keeper of the family stories concerning his slave great0grandmother, Amanda, seamstress and quilter on an Arkansas plantation; to my mother, Obelia Swearingen Fry, who wanted to travel to see each historical quilt that turned up on my twelve-year search; and to my brother, Louis Edwin Fry, Jr., who, early on, felt that this project was worth doing, and kept prodding me--gently and sometimes not so gently--to complete this task.
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The official historical position concerning the role of slave seamstresses and quilters is one of almost total silence.
Prologue: The process of constructing an actual quilt provides a metaphor for my work in putting together this monograph on slave-made quilts.
Preface: Many of the various roles and contributions of slave women to plantation life have been swept under the rug of history.
Foreword: When, in 1982, I first discussed with Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry the possibility of a research project leading to an exhibition and book, little did either of us realize the complexity of what I was suggesting.
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Thus she recorded those stories that had impressed her, just as in the quilt itself Harriet Powers expressed both her life experiences and her African heritage.
This richly illustrated book offers a glimpse into the lives and creativity of African American quilters during the era of slavery. Originally published in 1989, Stitched from the Soul was the first book to examine the history of quilting in the enslaved community and to place slave-made quilts into historical and cultural context. It remains a beautiful and moving tribute to an African American tradition. Undertaking a national search to locate slave-crafted textiles, Gladys-Marie Fry uncovered a treasure trove of pieces. The 123 color and black and white photographs featured here highlight many of the finest and most interesting examples of the quilts, woven coverlets, counterpanes, rag rugs, and crocheted artifacts attributed to slave women and men. In a new preface, Fry reflects on the inspiration behind her original research--the desire to learn more about her enslaved great-great-grandmother, a skilled seamstress--and on the deep and often emotional chords the book has struck among readers bonded by an interest in African American artistry.
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