AMERICAN PRAIRIE TO HOST BARRY FRIEDMAN, INDIAN BLANKET EXPERT, FOR PRESENTATION, PUBLIC TEXTILE APPRAISALS

American Prairie will host its second "Speaker Series" event of 2023 with an in-person presentation by Barry Friedman, the foremost expert on vintage Indian trade and camp blankets, at the National Discovery Center in Lewistown on July 1, 2023, at 1 p.m. Mr. Friedman's presentation will be followed by "public textile evaluations", a la Antiques Road Show.

Barry Friedman is considered to be the foremost authority on vintage Indian Trade and Camp Blankets. He is the Vintage Blanket Consultant for Pendleton Woolen Mills; Ralph Lauren's primary supplier of antique blankets; and provider of all the...