"Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women explores the design innovation and quiltmaking skills of Amish women from communities across the United States. The catalogue celebrates the Faith and Stephen Brown collection of Amish Quilts at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Co-curator Leslie Umberger's introduction situates Amish quilts within the context of quiltmaking in America as well as within the American art story. In the catalogue's main essay, historian Janneken Smucker explains what unites and distinguishes ...
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"Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women explores the design innovation and quiltmaking skills of Amish women from communities across the United States. The catalogue celebrates the Faith and Stephen Brown collection of Amish Quilts at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Co-curator Leslie Umberger's introduction situates Amish quilts within the context of quiltmaking in America as well as within the American art story. In the catalogue's main essay, historian Janneken Smucker explains what unites and distinguishes the Amish and their arts and describes the sometimes-fine line between personal artistry and communal practice. Her insightful text illuminates the ways in which Amish quilt patterns overlap and diverge from community to community, at times adhering to strict values of modesty and conformity, and at others testing boundaries with innovative design. Through a series of entries on individual quilts, Smucker considers "visual clues" for reading and interpreting Amish quilts, which are often more complex and curious than they might first appear"--
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