Issued in conjunction with a 1987-1988 exhibition of African-American quilts from the collection of Eli Leon. "Among the thousands of examples by black quiltmakers he has seen, the quilts Leon has chosen to collect are those most clearly distinguishable from the familiar European-American styles. Leon calls 'Afro-traditional' the quilts he believes exemplify a black tradition in American quiltmaking. 'Afro-traditional' quilts have irregular patterns which have been misperceived, by people versed in the standard American quiltmaking tradition, as mistakes. A deeper understanding allows us to see that something else is going on here -- a distinctly different African-American aesthetic of improvisation." With essays by Eli Leon and Robert Farris Thompson, and many examples to view.

MEASUREMENTS
11 x 8.5 x 0.25 inches
1 pound

LANGUAGE
English

PUBLISHER
San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, 1987

PAGES
Paperback, 87 pages

ISBN
9992105402