# Event Details

- **Event Name**: From the Mantuamaker to the Bicentennial: The Use and Reuse of 18th Century Gowns
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 18 Aug, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 18 Aug, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Historic Rock Ford's Fashion of the 18th and 19th Century Lecture Series presents "From the Mantuamaker to the Bicentennial: The Use & Reuse of 18th Century Gowns.” Before the Industrial Revolution, expensive handwoven textiles and the handsewn gown made from them were used, altered and mended. Textile Conservator, Margaret O’Neil of Costume and Conservation, will discuss the many lives of these pre-industrial garments from their beginnings in the mantuamaker shop to their reuse in liturgical vestments, Victorian fancy dress, Colonial Revival home furnishings, and museum objects through her past conservation treatments and archival research.

This presentation will begin at 6:30 PM in the Langmuir Education Room located on the first floor of the Rock Ford Barn. The presentation will be approximately two hours in length. Please note that admission is for the lecture only and does not include the Snyder Gallery.  

About the Presenter:  Margaret O’Neil is a textile conservator working in the Philadelphia area. She graduated from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation in 2023. She has worked at a variety of museums and cultural institutions including the Philadelphia Art Museum, The Minnesota Historical Society, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Textile Conservation Lab at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and the National Museum of the American Indian. 

$10 General Admission
$5 Rock Ford Member
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lancaster/from-the-mantuamaker-to-the-bicentennial-the-use-and-reuse-of-18th-century-gowns/200029679689527
- **Event Categories**: art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 53

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Lancaster
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 881 Rockford Rd, Lancaster, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17602
- **lat**: 40.02012
- **long**: -76.28775
- **full address**: 881 Rockford Rd, Lancaster, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17602

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is From the Mantuamaker to the Bicentennial: The Use and Reuse of 18th Century Gowns being held?
  - **A:** From the Mantuamaker to the Bicentennial: The Use and Reuse of 18th Century Gowns takes place on Tue, 18 Aug, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 18 Aug, 2026 at 08:30 pm at 881 Rockford Rd, Lancaster, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17602.
- **Q**: Who is organizing From the Mantuamaker to the Bicentennial: The Use and Reuse of 18th Century Gowns?
  - **A:** From the Mantuamaker to the Bicentennial: The Use and Reuse of 18th Century Gowns is organized by Historic Rock Ford.

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