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Handmade definit[i]on of obscurity

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KVB+++ 2005 09-227	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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1 broadside : col. ill.; 62 x 50 cm.

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"The design was adapted by Audrey Holden & Claire Van Vliet from a quilt [made] by Lucy Mooney in 1935 in Gee's Bend, Alabama. The base sheet is Barcham Green's DeWint with onlays of Chiyogami, Twinrocker, McGregor, Vinzani and Janus papers ; printed at the Janus Press in Newark, Vermont in an edition of one hundred copies"--Colophon.
A poem.
Broadside shaped on the edges to suggest the form of the quilt; tan base sheet, with onlays of various colors. For digital image of Lucy Mooney's quilt, see "Quilts of Gee Bend" catalog on Auburn University's Web site: http://www.auburn.edu/academic/other/geesbend/explore/catalog/slideshow/index.htm

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*KVB+++ 2005 09-227

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60545839

Author

McPherson, Sandra.

Title

Handmade definit[i]on of obscurity / Sandra McPherson.

Imprint

Newark, Vt. : Janus Press, c2005.

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Place of Publication

United States Vermont Newark.

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Mooney, Lucy, approximately 1880-1969. Artist

Holden, Audrey. Designer

Janus Press. Printer

Van Vliet, Claire. Printer

Research Call Number

*KVB+++ 2005 09-227