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Monthly Archive: December Text
#ThrowbackThursday: Quite a Feat
!["It looks rather hopeless but it worked."](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/it-worked.jpg?itok=YwxBEtYL)
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo ‘Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.
#ThrowbackThursday: Stippling the Walls
!["Frank finishing painting the weaving shed."](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/weaving-shed.png?itok=kTUXn1tN)
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo ‘Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.
#ThrowbackThursday: Needle and Thread
!["Judy takes a crease out of a coverlet after it is hanging up."](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/ironing.jpg?itok=ZRYTMHBe)
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo ‘Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.
#ThrowbackThursday: Saws and Drills
!["Frank getting the blue paint on the floor of the blanket cases."](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/painting-floor.jpg?itok=XKZKzjJF)
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo ‘Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.
#ThrowbackThursday: Not a Lick of Paint
![Black and white photo of a man mopping a platform](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/plinth.jpg?itok=WuZA4XCI)
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo ‘Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.
#ThrowbackThursday: Drying in the Garden
![Judy drying a coverlet in the ROM garden](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/garden.jpg?itok=iuht9UpN)
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo ‘Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.
#ThrowbackThursday: Overshot Coverlets
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo ‘Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.
#ThrowbackThursday: A Very Hot Evening
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo ‘Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.
#ThrowbackThursday: Working Like Mad
![Photograph of <em>Keep Me Warm One Night</em>, the exhibition. Photograph of textiles behind a spinning wheel](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2008_9904_34.jpg?itok=LJen3z8O)
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo ‘Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.
#ThrowbackThursday: Keep Me Warm One Night
![Photo of the east wall in <em>Keep Me Warm One Night</em> and Dorothy Burnham's description. Picture of Keep Me Warm One Night installation](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/installation-shot.jpg?itok=N5NNnjhQ)
Exactly forty-five years ago, in September, 1971, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) opened the landmark exhibition Keep me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo ‘Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.
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