Soft as a Lamb’s Ear

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In Soft as a Lamb’s Ear: Portrait of a Woman Wearing Wool, curator Laurie Brewer investigates a Dutch/Flemish portrait from the mid-15th to 16th century. Learn about how flax and wool were manufactured and dyed, and the information textiles give us about the woman in the portrait.


Filmed by Rocio Delaloye, Brendan Campbell, Jeremy Radtke, and Carson Evans.
Edited by Carson Evans.