Did a bit of #naturaldye #experimenting This is made from last year’s #indigo crop @unh_sidemanlab @uofnh Love the #cooling #forestgreen Ground up the dry leaves w/ #mortarandpestle & #cooked them up in my old #copper pan - which definitely enhances the green. #cotton bag

Rev250 resource of the day — The Old Berwick Historical Society in Maine welcomes Prof. Kimberly Alexander speaking on “Divided Loyalties: Navigating Politics & Fashion During the Revolutionary Era,” Tuesday, July 16, 630pm: buff.ly/3W0KAxr

Rev250 event of the day — #OTD July 15, 1774, the town of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, unanimously voted to stop buying, selling, or drinking East India Company teas until Parliament repealed the Boston Port Bill and the tea tax as well.

Love the graceful ease & drape of this afternoon dress, 1912, Jeanne Hallée at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Exhibit Spotlight: A rare extant homespun linen at-home/work dress, c1800 with a #NewHampshire provenance from the Bowen Collection UNH Library Read on for more information & photos theflaxprojectunh.com/2024/07/exhibi…

#FootcandyFriday: #Historicism in the #Shoes of E.J. Costa & Sons, Paris Noted by E. Williams (1907) “Sojourning Shopping..in Paris” were patronized by royalty 'and priced accordingly' w/ ‘good shoes made to order’ #LACMA More: silkdamask.org/2017/08/histor…) silkdamask.org/2017/08/histor…

Call for papers! We're on the lookout for papers for our Diamond Anniversary Online Conference in October and November 2024, exploring jewels and jewellery, surface decoration, natural inspirations, and the skills and makers behind them.

Bright as golden sunshine on a summer day. Brocaded silk, London-made Georgian buckle shoes c1760 from the Barrell family at Old York Historical Society @oldyorkhistoricalsociety #Maine #treasuresafoot

Join me for #TextileTuesdays August 6, 6:00 pm NewMarketHistorical Free Open to the Public "Flax and Linen: A New Hampshire perspective On The American Revolution"

Upcoming symposium Historic Deerfield facebook.com/share/p/9w4Wuw…?

Late 18th c. wool buckle shoes, worn in New Hampshire, and likely locally made. Check out the #unbleached #linen lining. In the collection of University of New Hampshire at UNH Library & currently on view Woodman Museum More theflaxprojectunh.com/2024/06/exhibi… Photo Astrida Schaeffer

#ShoeStories From the collection Massachusetts Historical Society Read on for details: "A Victorian Favorite: Special Occasion Shoes by Viault-Este, Paris" silkdamask.org/2016/08/a-vict…

"In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson hue, and by their weight again bent down and broke their tender limbs." -  Henry David Thoreau

Even after more than 200 years of excavations, archaeologists continue to unearth frescoes covering the walls of Pompeii’s homes across the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. archaeology.org/issues/septemb…

Ostia, the once great port of Rome from royal to imperial times, is among the most beautifully preserved vestiges of Roman civilisation to survive into the 21st century. With none of the crowds of Pompeii, it is also among the most atmospheric.

This video of Donald Trump singing “It wasn’t me” is now TRENDING. Can we get #ItWasntMe trending to the top?

For fellow Pompeii nerds, I cannot recommend mary beard’s wonderful book The Fires of Vesuvius strongly enough: hup.harvard.edu/books/97806740…

This is so thrilling!!! Check out this amazing new online textile resource!

Highlights from last night's opening of the new "Fashion Statements" show at the ASU FIDM Museum. It's only up for 2 months, so hurry if you want to see some absolute bangers from permanent collection, like these dancing elephants from Schiaparelli's Circus collection of 1938:

#FootcandyFriday: Three pairs of late 18th century shoes, two with #silk uppers & one of #wool each lined with #linen Currently on view Woodman Museum & from the collections of University of New Hampshire & #MoffattLadd Read on for more: theflaxprojectunh.com/2024/06/exhibi…