Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women Exhibit Catalog

$34.95 at Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women explores the design innovation and quiltmaking skills of Amish women from communities across the United States. The catalogue celebrates the Faith and Stephen Brown collection of Amish quilts at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Assembled over the span of five decades, these fifty extraordinary quilts expand our understanding of the distinctive aesthetics that Amish women shaped within and for their communities. Co-curator Leslie Umberger’s introduction…