Did you know that we have 15 samplers in our collection, the earliest having been done in 1813 and the latest in 1940? Some of our earliest samplers were reproduced by the Exemplary Needle Guild in the early 2000s. A sampler is a piece of embroidery produced as a demonstration or test of skill… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Here comes the bride…it’s wedding season!
The Lace Seminar is quickly approaching on June 6th and 7th and, as a special feature, BNHV will be displaying some of our wedding gowns for the Saturday morning lecture, “Lace in Wedding Fashion”. Attendees will learn about the popular fashions of weddings dresses throughout the decades and the use of lace as adornment,… Read more »