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Penn Dry Goods Market and International Quilt Exhibit

PENNSBURG, PA – Twenty-five antique dealers special- tent” ornamented inside and out with wall hangings,
izing in textiles, folk art, and primitives will be selling at portières and window curtains together with embroidered
Penn Dry Good Market on Friday, May 31, and chairs, screens, cabinets, cushions, and other soft furnish-
Saturday, June 1 at the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage ings, designed by such eminent British artists as William
Center at 105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg PA. The full Morris, Walter Crane and George Frederick Bodley,
list of dealers and lectures are at www.schwenkfelder.org among others. Dr. Hulse will explore some of the work
/penn-dry-goods-market as well as a $1 coupon off the $9 exhibited by the School at Philadelphia and its impact on
general admission. the development of artistic needlework for the home.
This year shoppers at the Penn Dry Goods Market On Friday, May 31, Ann Hermes, a collector of
have a special treat as they will be the first to see Tribes, an antique quilts and textiles and student of textile history,
internationally traveling quilt show from the European will present Gingham Embroidery 1890-1990. Cross-stitch
Patchwork Meeting. Thirty quilts interpret common embroidery on check gingham fabric is often associated
elements a social group might share. The exhibit will be with the mid-twentieth century, ca. 1940-1960, in the
open to the general public June 4 through August 4, 2024. form of colorful aprons bearing geometric bands as well as
This renown antiques show, a fund-raiser for the trees, cats, dogs, and flowers. These patterns are executed
Heritage Center, also features a textile lecture series. in cross-stitch using the fabric’s check squares as a guide.
It kicks off with a Zoom lecture on Sunday, May 19 at In fact, this form of embellishment on aprons, other clothing,
2 p.m. by Dr. Lynn Hulse, co-founder of Ornamental Embroidery, titled and home decor dates to at least the 1890s. Some of the cross-stitched
The Royal School of Art Needlework at the Philadelphia Centennial designs used may derive from even earlier crochet and lace making
Exhibition 1876 . The United States’ first official world fair, staged in patterns. Today cross-stitch on gingham is sometimes called chicken
Philadelphia in 1876, was designed to showcase America’s industrial and scratch embroidery, but this term does not appear until the early 1980s.
cultural progress in the 100 years since the signing of the Declaration of All lectures require a ticket. Go to www.schwenkfelder.org/program-
Independence. The exposition played host to over 30,000 exhibitors, schedule-registration to register. Lecture tickets include free admission to
representing 37 nations from across four continents. The New York the antique show. The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center at
Tribune described the display of British furniture and decorative arts in the 105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, is open Tuesday – Sunday with free
Main Exhibition Building as “the most striking collections of the fair.” Of admission. Information on other programs and exhibits are available at
particular note was the Royal School of Needlework’s stand, a “magnificent www.schwenkfelder.org.

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