Intellectual Effort and Tedium I hold great respect for the good people who made it through life in the tough centuries before my birth. I want to know them better and appreciate their ways of life, and I believe they were more like us than many will admit. As a twenty-first … [Read more...] about Project Log: 18th Century Handsewn Shortgown Jacket
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A life of layers: the Lens of Material Culture
Some bits of material culture come and go. Others stick with us for centuries. I am fascinated by what stays and what goes. How do our objects, our clothing, our pastimes reflect our present and our past? These are questions I want to explore here. I hope you join me … [Read more...] about A life of layers: the Lens of Material Culture
