Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Long before S.A.T.s, American schoolgirls’ achievements were measured in linen, silk, and chenille. For most 18th- and early 19th-century girls fortunate enough to attend school, the major co… ...

The schedule includes guest lectures on quilting, embroidery and Revolutionary history. Schedule of events on June 28-29. ... An 18th-century dance party takes place from 7-10 p.m. on Saturday, ...

These fruits had their iconographic fields modified and were refashioned by decorations with motifs inspired by the local flora and fauna, but also by patterns for European and Asian embroidery ...

Knitting, crochet, embroidery and sewing. Skills that were once reserved for grey grandmas. These were seen by some as “old lady hobbies.” But those days are long gone. Needlework isn’t only ...

Originally adapted from an 18th-century embroidery fabric as a glazed cotton, the pattern has been reprinted on both cotton-and-linen and silk taffeta grounds, and been recolored in three hues ...

This embroidery is symbolic of the great emigration by the English to North America in the 17th century. It was made by Amphyllis Washington (nee Twigden) and was taken to the United States by one ...

Throughout history, designers have observed nature, investigated its materials, and imitated and abstracted its patterns and shapes. A fanciful, romantic, and stylized interpretation of nature ...

The earliest traces of this embroidery style can be found in 18th-century Bihar amongst the women belonging to the lower castes. It possibly began as a ritualistic practice in tribute to Chitiriya ...

They’ll always have Paris. Costume designer Terry Dresbach and production designer Jon Gary Steele have been BFFs for nearly 30 years, dreaming one day of re-creating 18th-century Paris. “We ...

Torzhok’s goldwork embroidery. At the end of the 18th century, gold-wire embroidery was mastered by the needlewomen of Torzhok, an ancient town in the Tver Region. They embroidered headdresses, ...