Appalachian quilts of Floyd County, Virginia

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dc.contributor.authorDavis, Susan L.en
dc.contributor.committeechairBoles, Joann F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMarshall, Mary Helenen
dc.contributor.committeememberMcCombs, Dorothy F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberColaianne, Anthony J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberZentner, Mary Annen
dc.contributor.departmentClothing, Textiles, and Related Artsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:47:44Zen
dc.date.adate2005-10-19en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:47:44Zen
dc.date.issued1980-05-09en
dc.date.rdate1992-12-31en
dc.date.sdate2005-10-19en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the research was to study the evolution of quilts in Floyd County, Virginia, as a means of documenting the life and culture of the county natives. Both documents and relics were examined and methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis were utilized. The relics were any existing quilts made in Floyd County, while the documents included not only those in traditionally written form, but those in the unwritten form--in this case, twenty-two oral interviews. A visual instrument was developed to substantiate subject responses to interview questions. Geographic, economic and cultural factors were shown to have played an important part in determining the characteristics of Floyd County quilts. County aesthetic values were determined to be closely related to nature. Design lines were moderately complex and color preferences fell in the primary and secondary color range. Due to the historic functional use of quilts, no relation was found between the women's craftsmanship and design ability.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentxii, 241 pages, 1 unnumbered leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10192005-113245en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10192005-113245/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45207en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1980.D396.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 06460256en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1980.D396en
dc.subject.lcshCoverlets -- Virginia -- Floyd Countyen
dc.titleAppalachian quilts of Floyd County, Virginiaen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineClothing, Textiles, and Related Artsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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