Learn all about the life and art of the intriguing Milly Johnstone (1900-88), a pioneering fiber artist and wife of Bethlehem Steel director William Johnstone during this free presentation. Johnstone’s needlepoints of the 1950s and 1960s are imaginative pieces based on her visits to and meticulous research into steelmaking, with titles like Alice in a Wonderland of Steel and Buddha in a Blast Furnace.
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Mildred Johnstone (American artist, 1900-1988); Pablo Burchard (Chilean painter and teacher, 1875-1964), Alice in a Wonderland of Steel, 1949, Linen plain weave with wool, angora and metallic thread (Lurex) tent stitch, stem stitch, French knots, straight stitch, and satin stitch embroidery. Linen plain weave lining. Allentown Art Museum: Gift of Mildred T. Johnstone, 1977.
