
February 2026 Exhibit in Town Hall: From the Hands of Women
The February 2026 exhibit in Jamestown Town Hall highlights the skills of island women such as a needlepoint box for bridge tokens.

The February 2026 exhibit in Jamestown Town Hall highlights the skills of island women such as a needlepoint box for bridge tokens.

Artistic needlework samplers done by young women in the 18th and 19th centuries are complex works reflecting her level of educational and a family’s history and position in society.
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