In the third of a three-part series, the author looks at the various meanings behind items created over time—part of an upcoming exhibition at the DAR Museum in Washington, DC.
In the second of a three-part series, the author looks at the many sewing duties most women performed regularly, and the technology developed in the nineteenth century to assist them—part of an upcoming exhibition at the DAR Museum in Washington, DC.
In this first part of a three-part series, the author looks at the first concept—how and where girls learned their sewing skills—that is examined in an upcoming exhibition at the DAR Museum in Washington, DC.