Kantha : the embroidered quilts of Bengal : from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collection and the Stella Kramrisch collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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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
Philadelphia Museum of Art , Yale University Press, c2009
- : PMA cloth
- : PMA paper
- : Yale cloth
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"Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press"
Catalogue of the exhibition held at Philadelphia Museum of Art, Dec. 12, 2009-July 25, 2010
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288)
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This first book-length study on kanthas published outside of South Asia focuses on two premier collections, one assembled by the legendary historian of Indian art, Dr. Stella Kramrisch, the other by Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz, leading proponents of self-taught art. Created from worn-out garments imaginatively embroidered by women with motifs and tales drawn from a rich regional repertoire, kanthas traditionally were stitched as gifts for births, weddings, and other family occasions. Innovative essays by leading scholars explore the domestic, ritual, and historical contexts of the fascinating quilts in these collections - made between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries in what is today Bangladesh and West Bengal, India - and trace their reinterpretation as emblems of national identity and works of art.
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