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Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection and the Stella Kramrisch Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Exhibition at The Philadelphia Museum of Art December 12, 2009 to July 25, 2010
Mason, Darielle
10.25 x 12", xiii, 290 pp.,254 color illustrations, 50 b/w illustrations, 2 maps, bibliography, cloth, d.j., New Haven, 2009.
This first book-length study on kanthas published outside of South Asia focuses on two premier collections, one assembled by the legendary historian of Indian art, Dr. Stella Kramrisch, the other by Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz, leading proponents of self-taught art. Created from worn-out garments imaginatively embroidered by women with motifs and tales drawn from a rich regional repertoire, kanthas traditionally were stitched as gifts for births, weddings, and other family occasions.
Innovative essays by leading scholars explore the domestic, ritual, and historical contexts of the fascinating quilts in these collections—made between the mid-19th and mid-20th century in what is today Bangladesh and West Bengal, India—and trace their reinterpretation as emblems of national identity and works of art.
With essays by Pika Ghosh, Katherine Hacker, Darielle Mason, Anne Peranteau and Niaz Zaman.
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Price $60.00
Item # 36497
ISBN 9780300154429
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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