Public Lecture w/ Cynthia E. Chen
The recent work of art and material culture historian Cynthia E. Chin, PhD, involves an in-depth study of a purple silk gown owned by Martha Custis Washington (1731–1802). Chin reveals how her research and recreation of the textile and garment illuminate the stories of the people who made, wore, and cared for it. Arrive before the lecture to view Chin’s colorful replica of Washington’s gown, on view in New Nation, Many Hands.
