A Weekend of Textile Exploration at Hyde Hall
September 17th and 18th, 2022.
The household at Hyde Hall used hundreds of yards of cloth between 1817 and 1835, some of it woven locally for everyday use and much of it imported for furnishing textiles.
Hyde Hall provides an incredible backdrop for this exploration because it has a wealth of textiles that survive and George Clarke wrote detailed receipts for the purchase of carpet, drapery and household linens.
This weekend will explore all the fabric necessary to run an elaborate household before paper towels. We will examine surviving pieces from the collection and also look at everyday towels, sheets, blankets and yes, dish cloths.
The session will put into context how the everyday textiles that we take for granted were the necessary fabric of everyday life.
We will meet in the new education space – the woodshed – for these sessions, and we will have a special dinner in the Dining Room at Hyde Hall with music on Saturday evening.
Saturday September 17th, 9:30 to 4:00 with dinner at 6:30pm
Sunday September 18th: 9:30 – 4:00pm
Registration includes lunches and dinner
Registration fee $275.00
Space is limited to 20 people
For more information, please contact us.
