The Embroiderer's Story

I am reposting what I posted to my Cabinet of Curiosities course late last week when we all found out that there had been a fire at the Lyon...

This casket is being sold by Erna Hiscock Antiques .  A really interesting shape and construction.  I have no idea if it shows evidence of b...

Quite a few comments about the hilarity of our snow situation here at the North Pole.  I thought I would add the new favorite pictures - in...

I just got the question on where to get a copy of ROBE - May 1667, a tonge-in-cheek booklet that reads like a 17th century fashion magazin...

This was BEFORE the Valentines Day Storm... Snow mound at MIT, dubbed "The Alps of MIT".  It is 5-stories high. Today, they...

This piece really deserves to be read about if you are interested in the question of 'was 17th century embroidery done in the colonies...

A Postscript to add - storm not over and those snow totals were blown out the window.  17" here at our house on a 8"-12" pred...