War Imagery in Women’s Textiles: An International Study of Weaving, Knitting, Sewing, Quilting, Rug Making and Other Fabric Arts

Description

Beginning with medieval European embroideries and tapestries, this book includes works from the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia and the Middle and Near East, and Central Asia. It examines the ways in which women around the world have recorded the impact of war on their lives using the traditional fabric art forms of knitting, sewing, quilting, embroidery, weaving, basketry and rug making.