The McFaddin-Ward House
Historic House Museum in Beaumont, Texas
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McFaddin-Ward House Lecture Series presents “A Stitch in Time: Historic Textiles for Museums, Movies and Designers” by Rabbit Goody
October 10 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Join the McFaddin-Ward House for “A Stitch in Time: Historic Textiles for Museums, Movies and Designers,” a free public lecture presented by Rabbit Goody on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the museum’s Visitor Center Lecture Hall (located at 1906 Calder Avenue in Beaumont).
Internationally known textile historian, designer and master weaver Rabbit Goody will detail the fascinating process of creating historically accurate textiles for museums, movies and clothing companies.
In conjunction with the lecture, Goody will offer a free Textile Identification Clinic for the community to be held at the Visitor Center on Friday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (reservations recommended).
For the past three decades, Goody’s studio, Thistle Hill Weavers located in Cherry Valley, New York, has been weaving luxurious custom fabrics for the museum field, the film industry and designers of home décor and clothing lines.
As owner and operator of Thistle Hill Weavers, Goody has created historically accurate textiles for historic houses such as George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and The Lincoln Birthplace. Her studio has also produced custom fabrics for numerous films, including “Master and Commander” (2003), “Lincoln” (2012), “Road to Perdition” (2002) and “Winter’s Tale” (2014).
A respected historian of American textiles with a remarkable ability to re-animate the past through fabric, Goody is also the founder and director of the Textile History Forum and serves as consultant to museums and the film industry. Earlier this year, she was featured in “Smithsonian Magazine.”
McFaddin-Ward House lectures are free and open to the public, but space is limited. Doors open at 6 p.m. For more information, call 409-832-2134.
For those unable to attend, the lecture will be streamed live on our Facebook page (facebook.com/McFaddinWardHouse). The full lecture will also be available for viewing on our YouTube Channel (youtube.com/@mcfaddinwardhouse) and website (mcfaddin-ward.org/about/videos) after the event.