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A New Deal for Quilts
Janneken Smucker
A New Deal for Quilts
Janneken Smucker
A New Deal for Quilts explores how, in response to the Great Depression in the 1930s, the Roosevelt administration used quilts to inspire perseverance and thriftiness among Americans during dire conditions, encouraging them to create quilts both individually and collectively in response to unemployment, displacement, and recovery efforts.
250 pages, Mix of 150 black and white photographs and color illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 1, 2023 |
ISBN13 | 9781735278452 |
Publishers | International Quilt Museum |
Pages | 250 |
Dimensions | 232 × 281 × 21 mm · 1.29 kg |
Language | English |