Teen and Adult Program: Tuesday Talk
Speaker: Carrie Blough, Associate Registrar/Assistant Curator, DAR Museum
12 pm--1 pm
Free, Pre-registration encouraged due to limited seating
PG Assembly
Register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/tuesday-talk-pocketing-the-details-womens-detached-pockets-in-the-dar-museum-collection-tickets-18636240497
In the 18th century and part of the 19th century, women wore detached pockets tied around their waists. Like modern purses these pockets held a variety of goods integral to daily life. The pockets often were decorated elaborately with embroidery or piecing. By examining the styles and techniques of the pockets in the collection of the DAR Museum, and other descriptions and examples, we can learn about the daily activities and lifestyles of women in the past.
Speaker Bio: Carrie Blough started working as the Associate Registrar/Assistant Curator at the DAR Museum in September 2014. Before that she was curator at Historical Society of Frederick County in Maryland and at Somerset Historical Center in Pennsylvania. Carrie is from Pennsylvania, where she worked at several other museums. She attended Saint Francis University as an undergraduate and American University for graduate school in history and public history. Carrie’s interests are in eighteenth century material culture and history, and her two cats.
