Embellished print, 1600s, just showing that collage and paper dolls have a long history The Johnston Collection Stuart Kells

With just five minutes to introduce the Collection to UW-Madison’s new Chancellor, Director Sophie Pitman selects four objects that showcase the breadth and possibilities of the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. cdmc.wisc.edu/2022/09/13/fiv… Dr. Sophie Pitman UW–Madison School of Human Ecology

#Neolithic textile production: a charred ball (is this the correct term, as the shape isn't that of a ball?) of linen thread, dating around 3200 BC, from the pile dwelling settlement of Nußdorf-Maurach, Überlingen, Lake Constance. On display at Landesmuseum Württemberg.

JOB: Associate Curator/Curator of Historic Textiles and Clothing, Historic Deerfield Historic Deerfield Due 23 January 2023. Full-time, benefitted position (35 hours per week) with a starting salary range of $50,000-$70,000. historic-deerfield.org/employment static1.squarespace.com/static/595e3b7…

PhD funding alert! Angus Gowland Elma Brenner Julia Nurse & I are delighted to offer a LAHP fully-funded 3.5 yr studentship on the theme of "Commonplacing Health & the Body in #earlymodern England" UCL History Wellcome Collection Details: bit.ly/3FTHPHF #histmed #histSTM

Delighted to hear about this forthcoming Dorothy Liebes exhibition. I have enjoyed examining some of her designs in the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection Center for Design and Material Culture and cannot wait for Liebes to be more widely celebrated:

RIP Detroit textile designer Ruth Adler Schnee, 1923-2023

Dream job alert! Associate Curator of Art and Visual Culture Winterthur Museum winterthurmuseum.applytojob.com/apply/rbltPwWY…

The National Museums Scotland holds this wonderful example of an Yup’ik or Iñupiat parka from the 1820s. It’s so amazingly well preserved, and shows the skills of its maker. This style of parka are made from sea mammal intestines, and are waterproof!

Want to know what yellow dye was said to cause death by "immoderate laughing"? A wonderful resource rich in archival, visual, material records all about the history, use, and afterlives of saffron:

Also a little bit over excited to discover that one of Althea McNish’s most famous designs ‘Theodoric’ was inspired by the entrance hall Fitzwilliam Museum! Thank you to Rose Sinclair MBE FRSA & the team the Whitworth NSEAD for a really inspiring and interesting day #wintersocial

We are very excited to share the #CfP for the upcoming PhD/ECR one-day hybrid conference ‘Historical Fragments: Making, Breaking, and Remaking’. Abstracts due by 15th March 2023.

job opportunity: postdoc position for the history of textile arts (two years with an option for extension), institute of art history, university of bern! come to beautiful bern, to an inspiring collegium and shape textile research together with me - please share!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Exclusive: Groundbreaking new research has identified “Scotland’s oldest tartan” - nearly 40 years after it was discovered in a Highland peat bog. Now the fragile fragment is about to go on public display for the first time. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-… The Scotsman V&A Dundee

Only surviving fragment of ‘slave’ cloth found in Derbyshire record office theguardian.com/world/2023/apr…

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Introducing the 🪡 Making Historical Dress 🪡 advisory board who will provide expert advice on the project and oversee our network's progress for the next 2 years. L-R, Jennie Batchelor, Bernadette Banner, Evelyn Welch, Hilary Davidson fourredshoes.bsky.social, John Styles, Dr. Sophie Pitman, Paula Hohti Erichsen

Hello to textile (and furniture, interiors, material culture, etc) friends! Please see and circulate this cfp for a volume about furnishing fabric: two different possibilities for prospective authors (full essays and assigned "object biographies"): furnishingfabrichistory.net/call-for-propo…

Some actual Flame Stitch examples courtesy of Sophie Pitman and Attingham .... This pattern may look straight out of the 1970s, but apparently it's been spotted as early as the 13th century?!