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 [and others].

Other author Mason, Darielle.
Other author Ghosh, Pika, 1969-
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia, PA : Philadelphia Museum of Art ; New Haven : In association with Yale University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxiii, 290 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm
Subjects

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.
Abstract With essays by Pika Ghosh, Katherine Hacker, Darielle Mason, Anne Peranteau, and Niaz Zaman.
General notePublished in connection with the exhibition held Dec. 12, 2009-July 25, 2010, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Issued in other formOnline version: Kantha. Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Museum of Art ; New Haven : In association with Yale University Press, c2009
LCCN 2009033382
ISBN9780876332184 (pma cloth)
ISBN0876332181 (pma cloth)
ISBN9780876332191 (pma paper)
ISBN087633219X (pma paper)
ISBN9780300154429 (yale cloth)
ISBN0300154429 (yale cloth)

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Joyner General Stacks NK9276.8.B3 K36 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold