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SUMMARY:Grandmother’s Wedding Dress
DESCRIPTION:A small late-nineteenth century scrapbook filled with fabric swatches reveals a story of fabrics and fashion in nineteenth-century Vermont\, as told by three generations of an ordinary family. This talk by historian Lorraine German uses the swatches and clothing information found in the scrapbook to tell the history of textiles in New England and the fashions of the period. \nUse the BOOK NOW button to purchase tickets; $15 for BCHS members\, $20 non members \nLorraine German and her late husband Steve established Mad River Antiques\, LLC in 2001\, with a concentration on 18th\, 19th\, and 20th century Americana and decorative arts. She has been a guest speaker at antiques shows\, museums\, and antiques organizations\, where she has covered a variety of topics\, including stoneware\, redware\, quilts\, Christmas ornaments\, and Santa Claus. Lorraine is also the author of Soil and Shul in the Berkshires: The Untold Story of Sandisfield’s Jewish Farm Colony\, published in 2018.
URL:https://berkshirehistory.org/event/grandmothers-wedding-dress/
LOCATION:Arrowhead\, 780 Holmes Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
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