Sorry, this is taking the place of your usually-scheduled fashion plate. There is a new museum (partial) collection out there, available for your perusal! In the main, it consists of scans of photographs, especially ones of the Adirondacks taken by Seneca Ray Stoddard around the end of the 19th century, street scenes in Glens Falls, … Continue reading New Museum Website!
Category: museumology
New Collection Online!
At the moment my mild-mannered alter ego is a receptionist in a doctor's office, and we are required to show YNN Capital Region all day long. Yes. Much of the time it is ignorable, frequently it is appalling, and occasionally it tosses up something of interest. Today, that little gem was a spot on the … Continue reading New Collection Online!
Link Sharing
Recently I've been applying to jobs, and getting emotional about how few of them there are and my chances &c., and then I was thinking I should go for a second, more generalized M.A. or possibly a PhD, and I've come across a decent number of links I wanted to share with those others in … Continue reading Link Sharing
Lace Identification Basics
I go through a lot of records each day at my internship, and see a lot of descriptions of textile objects (since I'm into clothes, doilies, etc. at the moment), and see a lot of Wrong Things that quickly develop into pet peeves. Some examples: "kimono sleeves" (used to mean "cut in one with body", … Continue reading Lace Identification Basics
The Dilemma of Interpreters' Costuming
Hello to everyone from Williamsburg! My father, stepmother-to-be, and stepsister-to-be are visiting for the first part of this week, before we go on to Washington. Yesterday afternoon I went to Margaret Hunter's millinery shop and met Samantha of Couture Courtesan, who is as lovely and nice in person as she seems online, and I am … Continue reading The Dilemma of Interpreters' Costuming
Mimic of Modes 