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A New Deal for Quilts explores how, in response to the Great Depression in the 1930s, the Roosevelt administration used quilts to inspire perseverance and thriftiness among Americans during dire conditions, encouraging them to create quilts both individually and collectively in response to unemployment, displacement, and recovery efforts.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, from March 28, 2024, to August 26, 2024.

By thoroughly examining all of these aspects, Amish Quilts is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of these beautiful works.