SPRINGDALE — Two weavers have begun a two year study of 26 pioneer bed coverlets. While that might sound ponderous to some, Marty Benson of Eureka Springs and Laura Redford of Rogers are downright ...

It all started with a trip to the museum. Fourteen months ago, Marty Benson of Eureka Springs and Laura Redford of Rogers came across a unique textile at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in ...

Editor’s note: This column is the second and last part of a series. Read the previous column at http://on.dnj.com/2lzGdXH. In our second installment of 19th century ...

Homes in Colonial America and in Europe during the 1600s and early 1700s were often only one or two rooms. Because the bed was the largest and possibly the most expensive piece of furniture in the ...

If the 19th-century coverlets in Ron Walter’s collection could tell stories, a whole new chapter on middle-class life in America could be written. Walter bought his first two colorful loom-woven bed ...

It’s almost spring and time to reverse the coverlet. If we were living in Colonial times, we would have reversed our wool and linen coverlet twice a year: spring and fall. There was a dark “winter ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This blue and white, Figured and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Muir Family Figured and Fancy ...