This symposium celebrates the release of the new publication of the same title by Gloria Seaman Allen and Cynthia Steinhoff, with contributions from Susi Slocum, published by the Chesapeake Book Company and Biggs Museum of American Art and designed by James F. Brisson. These talks will also create the context necessary to understand the Biggs Museum’s feature exhibition of over 100 samplers illustrated within the publication. This is the largest and most comprehensive study of Delaware girlhood needlework of the 18th and 19th century ever conducted. The book is fully illustrated and comprised of approximately 350 pages and 20 chapters covering topics spanning the various needlework instructors across the state.
During registration there is an option to have your lunch included in your registration fee. You will be given the following options to choose from:
Roast
Beef Wrap, Asparagus, Horseradish Cream, Arugula w/ Salted Caramel Blondie Bar
Turkey
Sandwich on Brioche, Gouda, Romaine, Tomato, Red Pepper Coulis w/ Salted Caramel Blondie Bar
Grilled Vegetable Salad, Mixed Greens, Balsamic Reduction (Apple)
Schedule:
9AM Check-in
coffee begins
10-10:40AM Linda
Eaton – “Embroidery: An Important Part of Delaware’s Material Culture”
10:45-11:25AM Susi
Slocum, “’Fruit and Flower’ Samplers of Delaware (1788-1839)”
11:30AM-12:10PM Cynthia Steinhoff – “A Tale in Two Cities – Needlework Teacher
Deborah Hicks Mundall”
12:15-1:45PM Lunch
& Book Signing
1:50-2:30PM
Lynne Anderson, “‘In wonder, love, and praise’: The
Quaker Spirit and Southern Boarding School Samplers”
2:30-3:25PM Mary
Brooks, “Schoolgirl Needlework: Quaker Connections Near and Far”
3:30-4:00PM Break & Book
Signing
4:00-4:40PM Sheryl
DeJong – “The Delaware Orphan Court Records”
4:45-5:25PM Cynthia
Steinhoff – “A Sampler Tour of Sussex
County”
5:30PM Closing Words