Mennonite Arts

Mennonite Arts
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Publisher : Schiffer Book for Collectors
Total Pages : 202
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105111818931
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Book Synopsis Mennonite Arts by : Clarke Hess

Download or read book Mennonite Arts written by Clarke Hess and published by Schiffer Book for Collectors. This book was released on 2002 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich and diverse arts practiced by the distinctive Mennonite communities in Europe, Pennsylvania, and Canada over a 300-year period are presented. A host of newly recognized Mennonite artisans of traditional quilts, furniture, wood carvings, and fraktur, are introduced, and many are displayed here in the hundreds of color images.


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