Curating Needlework at Regional Museums: An Interview with Claire McRee
Khalat (Man’s Robe), Uzbek (Tashkent), 1800s, collected by Kate Fowler Merle-Smith, Allentown Art Museum
H. R. Mallinson & Company Inc., “Betsy Ross Liberty Bell” dress fabric from the “Early American” Series, 1929, Allentown Art Museum
Walter Dorwin Teague for Marshall Field & Co., “Sky Ride” dress fabric from the Century of Progress Series, 1933, Allentown Art Museum
Installation view, “Collecting Across Cultures: Japanese Textiles in the West”
Installation view, “Sleep Tight”
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Installation view, “Sleep Tight” – Hmong textiles
Mildred T. Johnstone with Pablo Burchard, “Little Town of Bethlehem,” 1949, Allentown Art Museum
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- Information about American silk designers (Stehli, Mallinson, and Cheney) in the 1910s and 20s: https://costumesociety.org.uk/blog/post/sampling-samplers-translating-girls-needlework-into-fashion, https://deyoung.famsf.org/grandeur-and-serenity-mallinson-s-national-parks-textile-series, https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/historical-events-turned-evening-attire, http://www.thefashionhistorian.com/2015/09/art-deco-textiles-in-america-part-2.html
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