Dressing the High Post Bed Through Three Centuries

$300.00

On Day One, we will examine bed styles from the mid-17th century through the mid-19th century through images and a presentation. We will look at "high" and "low" styles through each large change throughout rural New England (i.e. English, Dutch, and German styles). We will examine examples of fabrics both historic and reproduction that would have been used. Each participant will have a set of samples to take home.

 

On Day Two, we will work with a bedstead and look at cording, sac bottoms, ticks, and bed clothes other than hangings. We will discuss sewing techniques used in each period.

All workshops begin at 9:30am on the first day of the program.

All participants must be 18+ years old.

On Day One, we will examine bed styles from the mid-17th century through the mid-19th century through images and a presentation. We will look at "high" and "low" styles through each large change throughout rural New England (i.e. English, Dutch, and German styles). We will examine examples of fabrics both historic and reproduction that would have been used. Each participant will have a set of samples to take home.

 

On Day Two, we will work with a bedstead and look at cording, sac bottoms, ticks, and bed clothes other than hangings. We will discuss sewing techniques used in each period.

All workshops begin at 9:30am on the first day of the program.

All participants must be 18+ years old.

Instructors

Susan Rabbit Goody

Susan Rabbit Goody runs Thistle Hill Weavers, a small custom and commission textile mill reproducing historic textiles. Her work in the field of historic textiles has been a multi decade adventure. Her areas of concentration are the transition between hand and powered textile technology, and the place of hand produced textiles in the material culture of the 17th through 19th centuries. Coverlets, carpets, and everyday textiles in rural America are her areas of identification and dating expertise.

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