Interwoven at Hillwood Museum The title alone feels comforting, reassuring that what we do every day, with whom and with which materials, are all interrelated, interlaced, intertwined and ON VIEW NOW! It was a huge privilege to be intimately intertwined with Hillwood over the past year, conserving and preparing many of the textiles on display […]
Silk, Voile, Ruffles, Tiers and Lace Fill Hillwood’s “Grace of Monaco, Princess in Dior” Exhibition …and We Fell in Love Each Day
Sometimes there is a crystallization, a special synergy in one’s life of work, art, inspiration, friendship, collaboration, beauty, and possibilities…that was Spring 2022 for our CFT team at Hillwood. The spring of 2022 was a dream come true for Caring for Textiles—spending our days at Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Hillwood Estate preparing 40 of Princess Grace’s […]
A Blushing 1920’s Bride
Written by: Kaitlyn Munro This darling wedding ensemble was worn by Louise Whitney Whitehurst at her wedding to Walter Leon Stafford in Norfolk, Virginia May 30, 1928. With a matching cloche and art deco style purse. Louise must have been quite a charming bride on her special day. A very practical dress like this was […]
