Appraisal Services
Professional Appraisal Services
for
Needlework and Embroidery
*All Types*
Do you collect needlework?
Do you own an heirloom embroidery?
Are you a prodigious stitcher?
Do you have a business designing needlework?
and…
Do you have any idea of the value of your property?
You may own an asset whose value should be protected through insurance coverage
Or, do you have a piece of needlework that you might sell and you want to know an asking price?
Consult me…I can help you answer these questions!
Free 30-minute consultation
Located in Virginia with Nationwide services
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Appraisers
American Needlepoint Guild
Embroiderers’ Guild of America
National Academy of Needlearts
Embroiderers’ Guild of Canada
Professional Appraisal Training
2023, 2021 and 2019
Unified Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Training
This training is required of all appraisers who affiliate with the professional appraisal organizations. Refresher training is required every two years.
2019
Appraisal "Bootcamp"
The American Society of Appraisers and MassArt College
This four-part curriculum teaches the intricacies of personal property appraisal including appraisal report writing, research techniques, problem solving and data reconciliation.
2019
Certified NeedleArts Appraiser
American Needlepoint Guild
An intensive three-year curriculum that teaches the ins and outs of the personal property appraisal practice and the range of connoisseurship in needlework and embroidery to perform in the discipline.
Educational Programs
“The Art and Science of Appraising Needlework”
The aim of this presentation is to give insights into how needlework is valued by professional
appraisers. It reveals the "keys" to appraising needlework, including identifying characteristics of value and factors that affect value, such as condition and provenance. It spotlights different elements of provenance, to include rare historical provenance and celebrity ownership. See why every needlework appraisal assignment is different and how the appraiser is newly challenged each time. This is a discussion; not a lecture -- "Fun!"
"I didn't know that I knew so much about needlework and value!"
“The Well-Traveled Embroidery Motif: Trees, Birds, Stars and Fruit”
This presentation reviews the meaning of needlework through the lens of four ancient but ubiquitous needlework motifs. It illuminates the origins of these motifs that stitchers in ages past embroidered into clothing, household items, and decorative and ceremonial objects. The motifs traveled on textiles around the globe and across the centuries. You will see stunningly beautiful examples of the embroidered motifs and their variations and you will take away the knowledge that motifs can help identify a piece of needlework, and in some cases, unlock its cultural and historic meaning.
Participant reviews:
"Thank you so much for the wonderful lecture on motifs...informative, inspiring and beautiful! I enjoyed it immensely and will look at ... embroideries with new eyes. Isn't it wonderful to be part of an art form with such meaningful historical connections."
"I will never look at embroidery quite the same way..."
More exciting classes coming in 2024!
Perfect for Needlework and Textile Guilds, Associations & Schools
In Person or Virtual Presentation Options
One- and Three-Hour Formats (Price varies accordingly)
Address
4525 Achilles Lane
Marshall, Virginia 20115
Phone
703-434-9376