Hartford, CT (openPR) 2 October 2010

The Connecticut Historical Society (CHS), a non-profit museum, library research and education center whose mission is to inspire and interest in history, the exhibition will be opened to the needle Connecticut: Women, art and family, 1740-1840, 5 October. The exhibition contains 82 rare examples of colorful and imaginatively to American needle at the beginning of the 32 towns in Connecticut that clues about the lives of girls and women in Connecticut, they made manifest.

display 26 March 2011, the Connecticut needle: women, art and family from 1740 to 1840, an original issue of the Connecticut Historical Society in the past three years designed window rich works of art from all over Connecticut in detail. Included in the exhibition of 20 works by female family Punderson Preston are created. These unique treasures of the needle at how capabilities needle passed through the female family networks, such as forging and metal craft skills passed between the networks of male relatives. Needleworks include those of the other young women from schools in Hartford Royse and Patten and Pierce School created in Litchfield.

The exhibition consists of four galleries, each with a unique theme:

Needle decorative :? ??? Functional elements for home, and family? contains rare and unique as an extraordinary boya 3 years? Jacket with embroidery and tapestry covered blanket completely intact, a colonial version of the Garden of Eden Adam and Eve as a loop-addicted, torque mode of the eighteenth century.
Schools needle? Points and Samplersâ? Sampler shows charming, from simple to complex. Each example shows its Makera? S-Master a level of education and achievement.
â? Pictorial needlework? is rarely images on a large scale in accordance seen with bright colors. This lavishly designed Needleworks combines painting and embroidery and biblical and classical scenes such as the finding of Moses in the reeds. The pictures are a feast for the eyes as well as historical evidence of sensitivity and refinement expected of the ideal woman of the time.
â? Needle familiar? includes works of family registers and memorials beautifully designed coat of arms. Also in this gallery are visual masterpieces of the family that created Punderson give exquisite story.
All exhibited works were 1740-1840, a period that created the transformation of the British colony of the U.S. government supports.

â? This exhibition is not only a feast for the eyes, but also a historical festival. Individually beautiful, these works also discuss the life and times of Connecticut privileged girls and women in their innumerable bites cloth.â? said Kate Steinway, Executive Director, Connecticut Historical Society. â? early American needle remains an inspiration to contemporary artists like Kiki Smith, who was inspired by Prudence Pundersonâ? s needle silk, the first stage, the second and final mortality, for his latest installation, stay in the Brooklyn Museum. We look forward to the exhibition and for the people more about the role of the fashion show get in early American Connecticut? S history.â ????

needle Connecticut: Women, Art and Family, 1740-1840, is supported by generous grants for publishing and exhibition of the Coby Foundation, Ltd. and the National Endowment for the Arts. His backers are Gallery Premier Nathan Liverant and Son of Colchester, Connecticut, and Jan Whitlock Textiles from West Chester, Pennsylvania. The exhibition is to northeast sponsor Auctions in Portsmouth, to help New Hampshire and exhibition sponsors Frederick Copeland of Avon, Connecticut, Mr. Finkel and Daughter of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Titi Haller, Cora Ginsburg LLC, New York, New York, Carol and Stephen Huber Old Saybrook, Connecticut, and Nadeau? s Auction Gallery, Inc. of Windsor, Connecticut.

addition to the exhibition, a richly illustrated book written by Susan P. Schoelwer, Conservatives, George Washington in Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens and a former director of collections at the Connecticut Historical Society from Wesleyan University Press is also available. The book was pulled from the Connecticut Historical Socialist? S extraordinary collection of textiles and charged at the Connecticut Historical Society, 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, Connecticut, beginning 15th October. A variety of products in connection with the needle can be purchased at the museum? S stores and online at www.chs.org.


About

Connecticut Historical Society:

founded in 1825 and Connecticut Historical Society (CHS) is a non-profit museum, library and education center. It is one of the oldest historical societies in the nation and houses one of the most important collections of New England. CHS is home to one of the most comprehensive research libraries in the state to help people discover their family history, cities and the relations of the larger community. CHS is one of the state? S largest provider of educational programs for schools, youth and community work and provides practical, interactive learning experiences for students and their families. Besides its own collection, a variety of CHS exhibitions, conferences and programs presented during the year. For more information visit or call 860.236.5621 www.chs.org.

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