Keeler Tavern Museum Collections Curator Erika Askin, left, and textile conservator Meredith Wilcox-Levine, right, pose with the newly restored 19th Century hooked rug at the Textile Conservation Workshop in South Salem, N.Y.
A rug and a mid-19th Century sampler made by a young Anna Marie Resseguie were restored thanks to community donations received through this spring’s Fairfield County Gives, a 24-hour online fund-raiser sponsored by the Fairfield County Community Foundation.
The restoration work was done by the Textile Conservation Workshop in South Salem, N.Y. Mounted and enclosed in a protective Plexi-glass case, the rug is on display in the museum’s upstairs Assembly Room.
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