- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: TINWOOD BOOKS; illustrated edition edition (Sep 1 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0971910405
- ISBN-13: 978-0971910409
- Product Dimensions: 33.8 x 29.6 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 3.7 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,572,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Gee's Bend: The Woman and Their Quilts presents the genius of a group of exceptional women who, for well over a century, have created distinctive works of art for their homes and families. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Gee's Bend: The Woman and Their Quilts presents the genius of a group of exceptional women who, for well over a century, have created distinctive works of art for their homes and families. Read the first page
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Read about this in Country Home magazine.,
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This review is from: Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts (Hardcover)
I believe Country Home wrote an article about these woman and pictured them and some of the quilts. I found it fascinating! It made me thankful for what I've got and showed me that beauty is everywhere -- its just a matter of how you interpret the world around you. Erin
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more than a coffee table book,
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This review is from: Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts (Hardcover)
The Quilts of Gee;s Bend is much more than a beautiful coffee table book. It is that, too, of course. The book is filled with social history of this small place near Selma, Alabama. I've been lucky enough to visit Gee's Bend and see the quilt-making process. The Whitney Museum exhibit must have been wonderful. Sunday Morning on CBS did a story on the exhibit. The quilters traveled to New York for the opening and entertained the guests with their singing. That's what Gee's Bend is like: A rich yet poor stop on the road where women made the best of what they had and turned out great art in the process.
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A Must Have,
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This review is from: Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts (Hardcover)
I have seen the exhibition of the Gee's Bend quilts at the Whitney museum three times. The quilts of Gee's Bend are simple, graphic, and stunning. Although I own the smaller of the Gee's Bend quilt books and the video about the quiltmakers, I find that I want to know and see much more. I have thumbed through this book at the museum and am delighted that it is full of lush photographs of so many more quilts. At the top of my holiday list of things I must have, is this, the larger of the Gee's Bend quilt books.
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