Student Sample Books from Early-Twentieth-Century Colorado
The student sample books provide a glimpse into some of the skills that women in the early part of the twentieth century were expected to acquire.
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The student sample books provide a glimpse into some of the skills that women in the early part of the twentieth century were expected to acquire.
All levels of society contributed knitting to support the troops.
In the third of a three-part series, the author looks at the various meanings behind items created over time—part of an upcoming exhibition at the DAR Museum in Washington, DC.
In the second of a three-part series, the author looks at the many sewing duties most women performed regularly, and the technology developed in the nineteenth century to assist them—part of an upcoming exhibition at the DAR Museum in Washington, DC.
In this first part of a three-part series, the author looks at the first concept—how and where girls learned their sewing skills—that is examined in an upcoming exhibition at the DAR Museum in Washington, DC.
Thank you, James Smithson for making the Smithsonian become a reality.
During the mid- to late-eighteenth century, drizzling became quite the fashion in France to carefully remove gold and silver threads from other textiles so they could be sold.
The year is 1940; the prince, King Harald V of Norway, is wearing a striking knitted sweater.
Voices from our community: Megan Osborne, Assistant Curator and Collections Manager of the Avenir Museum
Records from the distant past don’t say much about women, yet every now and then we get fleeting glimpses of the history of textiles.
Women have been involved with textiles throughout time; after all, they have been inspired by a goddess!
Let needlecrafts from the past influence your design choices and projects today!