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Weavers in the Rye

Baskets come in many sizes and are made from any of a number plants. Surprisingly, those made from rye are nearly unique to German-speaking immigrants to America. Their craftmanship has lasted through the ages in baskets made for a variety of purposes that many collect simply for their decorative value. Our editor, Jeanmarie Andrews, tells the rye inside story in our April 2019 issue.

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Leather Care

In our February 2019 issue, we told you how to care for your leather antiques and noted that you can make your own leather dressings from formulae developed by major institutions—the British Museum and the Central Research Laboratory for Art and Scieince—to help you maintain and preserve your leather goods. You can download these formulae by clicking here.

Christmas Is Here!

We publish our special Christmas issue in September so that you can make holiday plans and have time to order custom-made products that will be ready as gifts on the big day. Copies are already on their way to subscribers (and most should have them by now) and it should be on the newsstand through the holiday—although that's often up to the whims of the newsstand manager—ask for a copy if you don’t see it. What's inside? Read further to find out. [MORE]

A Brownsburg Cabin Christmas

Now available, our new holiday book A Brownsburg Cabin Christmas: Traditions and Friendship in a Small Virginia Town with text and photographs by Early American Life contributing editor Winfield Ross.

In the small village of Brownsburg, Virginia, five families celebrate the season by gathering with neighbors to strengthen friendships and traditions and by decorating their historic cabins. Some of these sturdy structures have passed from generation to generation. [MORE]