"A vision of love and luxury": The commercialization of nineteenth-century American weddings

This article traces the commercialization of weddings in the second half of the nineteenth century. During this period, jewelers and silverware manufacturers recognized the possibilities of the bridal trade. They began to offer special bridal goods and services; they addressed themselves specifically to bridal couples and to those in search of presents for them; and they sought to influence the practices surrounding fashionable weddings in order to expand demand. Fancy bridal gift giving was further justified by a new sentimental attachment to goods among the middle to upper classes, whose fetishistic rhetoric remains a feature of wedding advertising today. © 2004 by The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. All rights reserved

MS-143: Frederick Weiser ’57 Papers

A large portion of the collection contains documents related to the management of the Pennsylvania German Society. It includes correspondence from fellow Directors, Committee Chairs, Society members, authors and researchers; as well as memos, minutes, and financial records from various Society committees. A portion of the Society- related papers include documents, pamphlets and sources relating to Society events, issues, and special interests. Smaller portions of the collection have personal scrapbooks, photos, and postcards of Weiser\u27s travels in Europe, the United States, and his time at Gettysburg College. Some others are related to the Lutheran church and early German immigrant culture. Special Collections and College Archives Finding Aids are discovery tools used to describe and provide access to our holdings. Finding aids include historical and biographical information about each collection in addition to inventories of their content. More information about our collections can be found on our website http://www.gettysburg.edu/special_collections/collections/.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/findingaidsall/1125/thumbnail.jp

Decentering Whiteness in Design History Resources

Review of Decentering Whiteness in Design History Resources, Reviewed December 2020 by Emily Guthrie, Library Director and NEH Librarian Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library [email protected]

Dyes, paints and inks: an overview of visual compensation techniques in textile conservation

[ES] En la actualidad no existe un único recurso que resuma los diferentes métodos de compensación visual utilizados en la conservación textil. Muchas técnicas se comparten a través de la comunicación oral, y falta bibliografía que documente las opciones aceptadas. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar técnicas comunes, como el uso de tintes y pinturas, así como un método menos común, la impresión digital. Los autores analizan cuándo es adecuada cada opción, abordando sus respectivas capacidades de igualación de color, trabajabilidad, aspecto cuando está seca y requisitos de tiempo y material. Se presentan numerosos casos prácticos que ilustran el uso de estos métodos, haciendo hincapié en los rellenos pintados. Los estudios de casos representan una gama de tipos de textiles, tales como trajes, labores de aguja, textiles impresos históricos y modernos, así como una gama de materiales, incluyendo seda, algodón y lana. Los estudios de casos incluyen ejemplos de compensación visual en áreas de manchas, patrones y estructuras no tejidas. Se discuten los éxitos y las limitaciones de cada método. [EN] Currently there is no single resource summarizing the different visual compensation methods used in textile conservation. Many techniques are shared through spoken communication, and there is a lack of literature documenting accepted options. The goal of this paper is to introduce common techniques, such as the use of dyes and paints, as well as a less common method, digital printing. The authors discuss when each option is appropriate, addressing their respective color-matching capabilities, workability, appearance when dry,and time and material requirements. Numerous case studies illustrating the use of these methods, with an emphasis on painted fills, are presented. The case studies representa range of textile types, such as costume, needlework, historic and modern printed textiles,as well as a range of materials, including silk, cotton, and wool. Case studies include examples of visual compensation in areas of stains, patterns, and non-woven structures.The successes and limitations of each method are discussed. Camp, A.; Cnossen, K. (2023). Dyes, paints and inks: an overview of visual compensation techniques in textile conservation. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 138-147. https://doi.org/10.4995/RECH6.2021.1352113814