Kantha : the embroidered quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collection and the Stella Kramrisch collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art by Mason, Darielle; Ghosh, Pika, 1969- instant download

Kantha : the embroidered quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collection and the Stella Kramrisch collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art by Mason, Darielle; Ghosh, Pika, 1969- instant download

xiii, 290 p. : 30 cm, Published in connection with the exhibition held Dec. 12, 2009-July 25, 2010, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Includes bibliographical references, Background texture : lives and landscapes of Bengal's embroidered quilts / Darielle Mason -- From rags to riches : valuing Kanthas in Bengali households / Pika Ghosh -- In search of \"living traditions\" : Gurusaday Dutt, Zainul Abedin, and the institutional life of Kanthas / Katherine Hacker -- Embroidering Bengal : Kantha imagery and regional identity / Pika Ghosh -- Woman's word/women's voices in the Kantha / Niaz Zaman -- A many-splendored thing : Kantha technique and design / Anne Peranteau -- Interwoven in the pattern of time : Stella Kramrisch and Kanthas / Darielle Mason -- Kanthā (1939) / Stella Kramrisch -- Resonances : a discussion on collecting with Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz / Darielle Mason