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Identifying and Dating Historic Everyday Textiles


  • Sanborn Mills Farm 7097 Sanborn Road Loudon, NH (map)

Offered in Partnership with Sanborn Mills Farm and the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance

How do we know what we know about woven fabrics and the weavers who wove them? This workshop will teach you how to look at and evaluate flat woven textiles from the 18th and 19th century. Microscopic analysis of fibers, yarn types, weave structures and who was weaving what and when will be explored.