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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: American Needleword in the Eighteenth Century

For Students 9th - 10th
A beautiful presentation of needlework from 1700s America, accompanied by an explanation of the type of education girls and young women received during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and how fabric arts were a prominent part of...
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Native American Art and Technology

Native Tech: Native American Porcupine Quill Embroidery

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of Native American porcupine quill embroidery and photos of examples of quill artwork make this site complete.
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Peabody Essex Museum

Peabody Essex Museum: The Art of American Embroidery

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition overview about fiber arts. A selective history with representative examples of American Fiber Arts.