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UNCOMMON THREADS
Wabanaki Textiles, Clothing and Costume

Now extended through October 2011. Then travels to the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in New York city beginning February 2012.

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Uncommon Threads
Now - October, 2011
Maine State Museum

230 State Street

Augusta, Maine

 

Click here to read from our archives Ornament's article on Uncommon Threads, Issue 33.4


 

Our upcoming issue 36.3 contains

 

Eleanor Moty

Lola Brooks

Smithsonian Craft Show

SNAG Conference

Women Working Words-Facèré

ADVERTISMENT
Events
FRANK H. MCCLUNG MUSEUM hosts “Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes from Central Asia” through May 12, 2013. Elaborate silver and gilt jewelry, as well as carpets and textiles from the Turkomen tribes of Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan are the focus of this exhibit.
THE FASHION MUSEUM IN BATH celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with “Fifty Fabulous Frocks,” from February 2 through 2013. Drawing from the Museum’s collection, the exhibition includes a gold-embroidered Georgian court dress, an 1870s gauze-bustle day dress, a jersey evening dress by Ossie Clark, and a classic Chanel suit. Westwood, Queen of Punk. Bath Assembly Rooms, Bennett Street, Bath, BA1 2QH, Great Britain; 44.0.1225.477789; www.museumofcostume.co.uk.

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