A Stitch in Time
The 2018 programming theme for the Rhode Island Historical Society is Rest and Relaxation in Rhode Island. This can mean many things to different people but in this cold, wintery … Continue reading
Object Thursday: Grenadier’s Caps at Gallery Night
Just back from conservation and display in Boston, tonight’s Brief Encounter will feature the ca. 1745 British Grenadier’s cap from the RIHS museum collection. This silk velvet cap was once … Continue reading
Object Thursday: A Stitch in Time
Samplers invoke mixed reactions from people, they either love them, they hate them or they have never heard of them. Bound up the in study of female education in North … Continue reading
Object Thursdays – Pocketbook
Pocketbooks, quite literally a book shaped object with a pocket (or two or more), from the 17th through 19th centuries are not your grandmother’s purse. My grandmother’s purse was black … Continue reading
A Lively Experiment 