Quilt Arts of South Africa by Marsha MacDowell, Coral Bijoux,... - 9780253072580

Name: Quilt Arts of South Africa by Marsha MacDowell, Coral Bijoux,... - 9780253072580
Brand: Indiana University Press

Indiana University Press

Quilt Arts of South AfricaThreaded Legacies\nAuthor(s): Marsha MacDowell, Coral Bijoux, Elsa Brits, Jeni Couzyn, Menn du Plessis, Jeanette Gilks, Vicky Heunis, Sandra Kriel, Miems Lamprecht, Juliette Leeb-du Toit\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253072580, 978-0253072580\nSynopsis\nIn the southernmost region of the African continent, women have been piecing together materialstextile construction techniques commonly used in quilting to create bed coverings throughout the history of the San and Khoi peoples. From the late seventeenth century through the early nineteenth century, an influx of Dutch, French, Indian, and British military personnel, traders, miners, and missionaries came to South Africa, bringing with them their own cultural traditions, including making and using quilts. Today, the making of quilts in South Africa is flourishing.\n Quilt Arts of South Africa stitches together the history,.