Kimberly Alexander
@ksalex10.bsky.social
Historian: Material Culture, Museums, Educator & Author
This year’s perfect #pear. I count the blossoms in the spring, watch the fruit grow all summer, knowing only one or two will survive to ripen in September — but that it will be indescribably delicious and worth the wait. #pearsofbluesky #autumn #bounty
September 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This year’s perfect #pear. I count the blossoms in the spring, watch the fruit grow all summer, knowing only one or two will survive to ripen in September — but that it will be indescribably delicious and worth the wait. #pearsofbluesky #autumn #bounty
More of #EdwardSteichen's fashion photography for Vogue Magazine. He was especially adept at capturing the essence of his subject via stylish footwear of the 1920s & 1930s. Here fresh & fabulous 1930s sandals appear so contemporary. For more: silkdamask.blogspot.com/2014/07/edwa...
July 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
More of #EdwardSteichen's fashion photography for Vogue Magazine. He was especially adept at capturing the essence of his subject via stylish footwear of the 1920s & 1930s. Here fresh & fabulous 1930s sandals appear so contemporary. For more: silkdamask.blogspot.com/2014/07/edwa...
#FootcandyFriday Archive: Edward Steichen created iconic fashion photography for #Vogue Paris Here, a 1920s classic 'barrette' shoe with revived French or Louis heel. Romantic skirt floats at the knee. Lovely. Read on: www.silkdamask.org/search/label... @vogueparis.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
#FootcandyFriday Archive: Edward Steichen created iconic fashion photography for #Vogue Paris Here, a 1920s classic 'barrette' shoe with revived French or Louis heel. Romantic skirt floats at the knee. Lovely. Read on: www.silkdamask.org/search/label... @vogueparis.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Happy summer Monday 🌞🌞🌞
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
July 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Happy summer Monday 🌞🌞🌞
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Hello Seacoast New Hampshire #fiberfolk Join the UNH #FlaxFiles at the Newmarket Historical Society’s Stone School Museum for a #flax processing #demo & try your hand at #braking & #scutching flax. Let’s talk about #sustainability & #circulardesign #saynotofastfashion
July 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hello Seacoast New Hampshire #fiberfolk Join the UNH #FlaxFiles at the Newmarket Historical Society’s Stone School Museum for a #flax processing #demo & try your hand at #braking & #scutching flax. Let’s talk about #sustainability & #circulardesign #saynotofastfashion
“Summertime is always the best of what might be.”
― Charles Bowden
― Charles Bowden
July 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“Summertime is always the best of what might be.”
― Charles Bowden
― Charles Bowden
Excited to share my article ‘Combing History: Flax & Linen in New Hampshire’ [Tiny Studio #27] The issue created @fiberygoodness.bsky.social
is thoughtful, engaging & beautifully designed
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tinystudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Issue27Digi_...
is thoughtful, engaging & beautifully designed
tinystudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Issue27Digi_...
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July 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Excited to share my article ‘Combing History: Flax & Linen in New Hampshire’ [Tiny Studio #27] The issue created @fiberygoodness.bsky.social
is thoughtful, engaging & beautifully designed
tinystudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Issue27Digi_...
tinystudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Issue27Digi_...
is thoughtful, engaging & beautifully designed
tinystudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Issue27Digi_...
tinystudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Issue27Digi_...
Sunday sunshine in
#Spitalfields silk by designer extraordinaire #AnnaMariaGarthwaite. Yellow silk is brocaded w/ colored silks, silver & silver gilt thread. Her skill in rendering botanical subjects is in evidence in the floral sprays. Image reproduced from the Grantham Times, May 2013. Via #V&A
#Spitalfields silk by designer extraordinaire #AnnaMariaGarthwaite. Yellow silk is brocaded w/ colored silks, silver & silver gilt thread. Her skill in rendering botanical subjects is in evidence in the floral sprays. Image reproduced from the Grantham Times, May 2013. Via #V&A
July 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Sunday sunshine in
#Spitalfields silk by designer extraordinaire #AnnaMariaGarthwaite. Yellow silk is brocaded w/ colored silks, silver & silver gilt thread. Her skill in rendering botanical subjects is in evidence in the floral sprays. Image reproduced from the Grantham Times, May 2013. Via #V&A
#Spitalfields silk by designer extraordinaire #AnnaMariaGarthwaite. Yellow silk is brocaded w/ colored silks, silver & silver gilt thread. Her skill in rendering botanical subjects is in evidence in the floral sprays. Image reproduced from the Grantham Times, May 2013. Via #V&A
I stop in my tracks every time I see this lovely, thoughtful profile— #Bronze #basrelief of Marion Reed the daughter of Ida Reed, Assistant Director of Saint-Gaudens Memorial
bronze, 1912; artist, Gaetan Ardisson (1856-1926) Studio Assistant to Augustus Saint-Gaudens from 1884-1907. #saintgaudensnps
bronze, 1912; artist, Gaetan Ardisson (1856-1926) Studio Assistant to Augustus Saint-Gaudens from 1884-1907. #saintgaudensnps
July 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I stop in my tracks every time I see this lovely, thoughtful profile— #Bronze #basrelief of Marion Reed the daughter of Ida Reed, Assistant Director of Saint-Gaudens Memorial
bronze, 1912; artist, Gaetan Ardisson (1856-1926) Studio Assistant to Augustus Saint-Gaudens from 1884-1907. #saintgaudensnps
bronze, 1912; artist, Gaetan Ardisson (1856-1926) Studio Assistant to Augustus Saint-Gaudens from 1884-1907. #saintgaudensnps
July 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#RabbitRabbit: Wishing you and yours a healthy & bountiful month!
Rabbit #toile in spring green; attribution/source unknown
Rabbit #toile in spring green; attribution/source unknown
July 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
#RabbitRabbit: Wishing you and yours a healthy & bountiful month!
Rabbit #toile in spring green; attribution/source unknown
Rabbit #toile in spring green; attribution/source unknown
Depending on one’s mood while viewing, the sitter’s visage could be interpreted in many ways. I leave you to create your own caption, kind readers. The Rose, by Frédéric Soulacroix (French, 1858–1933)
June 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Depending on one’s mood while viewing, the sitter’s visage could be interpreted in many ways. I leave you to create your own caption, kind readers. The Rose, by Frédéric Soulacroix (French, 1858–1933)
#ProfessorFlaxseed here….Pop up demo and #flax information table at the #WoodmanMuseum #SummerSolstice event today. It has been a very busy week in our #flaxfields — hand watering, weeding, & on-site processing. Huge thanks to @trueyankees.bsky.social
for assistance on even the hottest of days! ☀️🌱☀️
for assistance on even the hottest of days! ☀️🌱☀️
June 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
#ProfessorFlaxseed here….Pop up demo and #flax information table at the #WoodmanMuseum #SummerSolstice event today. It has been a very busy week in our #flaxfields — hand watering, weeding, & on-site processing. Huge thanks to @trueyankees.bsky.social
for assistance on even the hottest of days! ☀️🌱☀️
for assistance on even the hottest of days! ☀️🌱☀️
#sunshine☀️ in a #dress for the longest day - in a silk faille dinner dress by Emile Pingat, c.1868 at Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia Museum of Art Read on: www.philamuseum.org/collection/o... @philamuseum #emilepingat
June 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#sunshine☀️ in a #dress for the longest day - in a silk faille dinner dress by Emile Pingat, c.1868 at Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia Museum of Art Read on: www.philamuseum.org/collection/o... @philamuseum #emilepingat
Just came across ‘A Flag for Juneteenth’ & am adding it to the books to read to my 1st grandkiddo. The author, KimTaylor, is a quilter and understands the connections between textiles, memory & meaning. #juneteenth
June 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Just came across ‘A Flag for Juneteenth’ & am adding it to the books to read to my 1st grandkiddo. The author, KimTaylor, is a quilter and understands the connections between textiles, memory & meaning. #juneteenth
Happy summer Sunday !
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
June 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Happy summer Sunday !
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
From @historicdeerfield.bsky.social exhibition of #DeerfieldAcademy #portrait coll, on view now. John Singleton #Copley (1738-1815) portrait of Griselda Oliver (Waldo) ca. 1758. Working in #Boston prior to the #AmRev Copley captured the nuances of taste & style for both #patriots & #loyalists alike
June 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
From @historicdeerfield.bsky.social exhibition of #DeerfieldAcademy #portrait coll, on view now. John Singleton #Copley (1738-1815) portrait of Griselda Oliver (Waldo) ca. 1758. Working in #Boston prior to the #AmRev Copley captured the nuances of taste & style for both #patriots & #loyalists alike
#RabbitRabbit Wishing you and yours a month of health & wellbeing
A special image from the PVMA/Memorial Museum at Deerfield: Detail, Rabbits in the Pea Patch, by Ellen Miller , 1907, dyed linen. Gift of Esther Ward, 1984.13a.01
Thank you #LindsayKruzlic for the tour!
A special image from the PVMA/Memorial Museum at Deerfield: Detail, Rabbits in the Pea Patch, by Ellen Miller , 1907, dyed linen. Gift of Esther Ward, 1984.13a.01
Thank you #LindsayKruzlic for the tour!
June 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
#RabbitRabbit Wishing you and yours a month of health & wellbeing
A special image from the PVMA/Memorial Museum at Deerfield: Detail, Rabbits in the Pea Patch, by Ellen Miller , 1907, dyed linen. Gift of Esther Ward, 1984.13a.01
Thank you #LindsayKruzlic for the tour!
A special image from the PVMA/Memorial Museum at Deerfield: Detail, Rabbits in the Pea Patch, by Ellen Miller , 1907, dyed linen. Gift of Esther Ward, 1984.13a.01
Thank you #LindsayKruzlic for the tour!
Visited new exhibition *Body By Design* at @historicdeerfield.bsky.social High recommend putting this on your planner if you are in New England in 2025. Curated by #laurenwhitley
May 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Visited new exhibition *Body By Design* at @historicdeerfield.bsky.social High recommend putting this on your planner if you are in New England in 2025. Curated by #laurenwhitley
Currently #researching NH #homespun #handwoven #linen at the #WoodmanMuseum #DoverNH lPictured are linen sheets woven by Eunice Pinkham & sewn by her daughter, Phoebe between 1810-45. They are in good condition, finely woven. Thank you to the Museum staff.
May 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Currently #researching NH #homespun #handwoven #linen at the #WoodmanMuseum #DoverNH lPictured are linen sheets woven by Eunice Pinkham & sewn by her daughter, Phoebe between 1810-45. They are in good condition, finely woven. Thank you to the Museum staff.
Good morning 🌞🌞🌞 Portrait bust of Madame Chauvire by #Pigalle in terra-cotta #beauty #SpringfieldMuseums
May 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Good morning 🌞🌞🌞 Portrait bust of Madame Chauvire by #Pigalle in terra-cotta #beauty #SpringfieldMuseums