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Historic DeerfieldCalendar Listing
Immediate Release
April 29, 2011
Attn: Calendar editor
Contact Marc Belanger 413-775-7127
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May 7  *  Special Event

Debut of Reproduction Embroidered Ashley Bedhangings

10 a.m.-4 p.m., Ashley House

 

Ashley BedhangingsOn Saturday, May 7, Historic Deerfield will officially debut a set of reproduction bed hangings in the Ashley House based on a set in its collection dating to about 1765.  They represent the culmination of two and a half years of collaborative work by nine volunteers under the direction of needlework expert and embroiderer Kathleen Smith of Textile Reproductions in Chesterfield, Massachusetts.  Visitors to the museum can view the reproduction bed hangings in the north bed chamber of the Ashley House as part special guided tours offered every half hour from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday. One of the volunteers will also be on hand to answer questions during the day.   In addition, a special tour of "Celebrating the Fiber Arts" in the Helen Geier Flynt Textile Gallery will be offered in the afternoon.  For more information, please call 413-775-7214. 

 

About Historic Deerfield

Historic Deerfield (www.historic-deerfield.org) is a nationally recognized museum offering tours of period houses and the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. Now featuring exhibitions:

  • Educating the Mind's Eye: The Art of Young Adults,. 1790-1840 on view through September 4, 2011. 
  • Into the Woods: Crafting Early American Furniture, a long-term furniture exhibition. 
  • Engraved Powder Horns from the French and Indian War and the American Revolution: The William H. Guthman Collection, permanent.
  • Celebrating the Fiber Arts: The Helen Geier Flynt Textile Gallery, a permanent exhibition with changing elements.

Historic Deerfield also offers relaxed fine dining at Champney's Restaurant and Tavern at the Deerfield Inn, lodging in the Deerfield Inn (www.deerfieldinn.com), and shopping at the Museum Store (www.deerfieldstore.com). Please call 413-775-7214 for museum information and program schedule.

M10 logoMuseums10 is a dynamic collaboration that heightens awareness of the distinctive offerings of the individual institutions while highlighting the cultural diversity and outstanding educational resource that they collectively represent. Museums10 is facilitated by Five Colleges, Inc., which provides major administrative support for the partnership.  Museums10 includes: the Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College; Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead and The Evergreens; The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art; Hampshire College Art Gallery; Historic Deerfield; Mead Art Museum at Amherst College; Mount Holyoke College Art Museum; Yiddish Book Center; Smith College Museum of Art; and the University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass Amherst.  For more information, visit www.museums10.org.
MCC LogoA portion of Historic Deerfield's operating funds is provided through a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Historic Deerfield

www.historic-deerfield.org

80 Old Main Street, P.O. Box 321

Deerfield, Massachusetts 01342

T: 413-775-7127

F: 413-775-7220