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Kantha : the embroidered quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collection and the Stella Kramrisch collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art / edited by Darielle Mason ; with essays by Pika Ghosh ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Mason, Darielle | Ghosh, Pika
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Museum or Art in association with Yale University Press, 2009.Description: xiii, 290 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm.ISBN: 9780876332184 (Phil.); 9780300154429 (Yale)Subject(s): Kramrisch, Stella, 1898-1993DDC classification: 746.460954/1407474811
Contents:
Background texture : lives and landscapes of Bengal's embroidered quilts / Darielle Mason -- From rags to riches : valuing Kanthas in Bengali households / Pika Ghosh -- In search of "living traditions" : Gurusaday Dutt, Zainul Abedin, and the institutional life of Kanthas / Katherine Hacker -- Embroidering Bengal : Kantha imagery and regional identity / Pika Ghosh -- Woman's word/women's voices in the Kantha / Niaz Zaman -- A many-splendored thing : Kantha technique and design / Anne Peranteau -- Interwoven in the pattern of time : Stella Kramrisch and Kanthas / Darielle Mason -- Kanthā (1939) / Stella Kramrisch -- Resonances : a discussion on collecting with Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz / Darielle Mason.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Closed Stacks qKWMB [MAS-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available M48183
Total holds: 0

Published in connection with the exhibition of the same title held Dec. 12, 2009-July 25, 2010, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Includes bibliographical references.

Background texture : lives and landscapes of Bengal's embroidered quilts / Darielle Mason -- From rags to riches : valuing Kanthas in Bengali households / Pika Ghosh -- In search of "living traditions" : Gurusaday Dutt, Zainul Abedin, and the institutional life of Kanthas / Katherine Hacker -- Embroidering Bengal : Kantha imagery and regional identity / Pika Ghosh -- Woman's word/women's voices in the Kantha / Niaz Zaman -- A many-splendored thing : Kantha technique and design / Anne Peranteau -- Interwoven in the pattern of time : Stella Kramrisch and Kanthas / Darielle Mason -- Kanthā (1939) / Stella Kramrisch -- Resonances : a discussion on collecting with Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz / Darielle Mason.

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