Lecture: Nantucket Threads: How the NHA Turned Me Into a Textile Historian

This talk blends the personal and historical to trace how a summer internship at the Nantucket Historical Association led to a career in textile history. The talk is an exploration of Nantucket’s embroidery history, traversing stories of the Nantucket School of Needlery, Erica Wilson, and contemporary Nantucket embroiderers such as Susan Boardman before concluding with a foray into Nantucket’s Quaker needlework.