By Linda EatonJohn L. & Marjorie P. McGraw Director of Collections and the Senior Curator of Textiles at Winterthur Museum Until relatively recently, scholarship on women’s needlework has focused […]
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by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod It is with sadness that we announce that Deborah Abernethy passed away in February from an illness. For more than a decade, she has […]
By Erica Lome Basket making is one of the earliest and most prevalent forms of folk art in the United States. First developed by Native Americans and later adopted by […]
Gavels ‘n’ Paddles: Scrimshaw whale’s tooth, $123,000, Skinner, Inc. Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall A scrimshaw whale’s tooth showing the whale ship Frances of New […]