Chinese Patchwork

Ancient Origins, New Expressions

Nancy Berliner

Description

Chinese Patchwork explores the creativity of 20th- and 21st-century Chinese makers who stitch fabric remnants into functional, decorative and auspicious articles for use in their homes and by their families. These objects display a wide variety of designs, patterns and techniques, and reflect both local tendencies and the individual aesthetics of the makers.

Through a series of scholarly essays, museum curator Nancy Berliner illuminates the tradition and history behind the art form, as well as its links to Chinese visual culture; these texts are illustrated by stunning reproductions of lively and colourful patchwork examples. Interviews with contemporary makers offer readers firsthand insight into the practice and its intricacies.

Additional photographs of the artists, their families and their works in situ beautifully illustrate patchwork's bold visual presence in rural China.

Details

  • Format
    Hardback
  • Pages
    240
  • Size
    285 x 255mm
  • Publisher
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • ISBN
    9780878469079
Stock Code
260376
Our Price
$92.50
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