Fifth-generation Mennonite quiltmaker Smucker presents a detailed history of how, over the past 25 years, Amish quilts have risen from obscurity within a relatively closed religious community
to become recognized within America as works of art--and, as noted by esteemed art critic Robert Hughes in 1997, precursors to American abstract paintings. Smucker examines Amish quiltmaking
within the history of American quiltmaking, and within Amish culture and religion; the ＂discovery＂ of old Amish quilts by outsiders in the late 1960s and 70s, and their subsequent
reinterpretation as art objects; and the resulting commercial market for Amish quilts and development of Amish businesses to create new quilts for the consumer market. Illustrated with
full-color photographs. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
