A corset’s engineered strictness defines the shape of the 18th-century woman. Journeywoman Brooke Welborn explains the trend.
Podcast (audio): Download (2.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
| TranscriptPosts tagged “women”
Fashion and Function
A Rarity Restored
Two artists collaborate across the centuries: one working with a brush, and the other with a micro spatula. Curator Barbara Luck and conservator Pam Young describe the restoration of a rare watercolor.
Podcast (audio): Download (2.8MB)
Subscribe: RSS
| Transcript
A Slave's Perspective
The Declaration of Independence was a promise extended to white men only. Hope Smith portrays Eve, a slave in the Peyton Randolph house.
Podcast (audio): Download (4.0MB)
Subscribe: RSS
| Transcript
Martha Washington Remembers
This first lady devotes herself to her husband and his troops.
Podcast (audio): Download (2.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
| Transcript
Music Suited to a Lady
Colonial ladies played instruments that showed their graceful features to the best advantage, and they never showed their elbows. Music Interpreter Jane Hanson explains.
Podcast (audio): Download (3.1MB)
Subscribe: RSS
| Transcript
Educating Through Theater
Making connections with hundreds of curious minds every day makes Hope Smith feel like a teacher with Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area as her classroom.
Podcast (audio): Download (2.9MB)
Subscribe: RSS
| Transcript