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Candace Wheeler – American Artist and Textile Designer
Candace Wheeler – American Artist and Textile Designer Add caption The Art and Enterprise on American Design, 1875-1900 Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001 Candace Wheeler nee Thurber was born in NY State in 1827. At the age of 49, having raised 4 children, she began a textile career as a designer In 1877 Wheeler and…
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International Folk Art Festiva – July 2013 – Santa Fe New Mexicol
International Folk Art Festival For the past ten years the International Folk Art Museum in Santa Fe sponsored an amazing market of folk art from around the world. Crafts-people bring their wares from their home countries to vend at the market and participate in festival activities which include music, dance and performance arts. Over the…
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International Folk Art Festiva – July 2013 – Santa Fe New Mexicol
International Folk Art Festival For the past ten years the International Folk Art Museum in Santa Fe sponsored an amazing market of folk art from around the world. Crafts-people bring their wares from their home countries to vend at the market and participate in festival activities which include music, dance and performance arts. Over the…
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Designs From Paradise – Part Three – Bailey’s Antiques and Aloha Shirts
Designs from Paradise – Bailey’s Antiques and Aloha Shirts This is the third episode of Designs from Paradise. The first was Tori Richard LTD, the second was the story of Dale Hope. Last year my husband and I visited Hawaii to celebrate a family member’s birthday. Just before leaving home I saw an old episode…
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Designs From Paradise – Part Three – Bailey's Antiques and Aloha Shirts
Designs from Paradise – Bailey’s Antiques and Aloha Shirts This is the third episode of Designs from Paradise. The first was Tori Richard LTD, the second was the story of Dale Hope. Last year my husband and I visited Hawaii to celebrate a family member’s birthday. Just before leaving home I saw an old episode…
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Swim Suits
“It was an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini” Brian Hyland, 1960 We are well into summer so I suppose I should tackle a problem garment that has plagued women for decades: a fashionable and comfortable and flattering swim suit (I was going to add affordable, but that may be way too…
My thoughts on Textile History by Margy Norrish