Winter Whites, an exhibit featuring lace and whitework embroidery from EGA’s permanent collection, opened to the public on January 17th at the Embroidery Museum & Resource Center. Since the pieces in the show were selected based on color, the walls are filled with a broad range of techniques.

Smaller handerchiefs, table mats, and doilies were mounted on jewel-toned fabrics to emphasize the negative spaces in the pieces and add visual interest to the display.

Several articles of clothing, most from the Traveling Collection Study Box, are on display. The shirring on this dressing gown is gorgeous. It’s accented with machine-made lace on the collar and cuffs. This was the handkerchief from which the image on the postcard and exhibit poster was selected. 

In the picture above you can see three small caps hanging over a pedestal. These caps are displayed on balls wrapped with colored yarn to accentuate the delicate work.

Winter Whites is on display until February 28.