Stephen Huber
Stephen Huber and his wife Carol Huber are leading experts and dealers in the field of American and schoolgirl needlework. The Hubers have contributed articles to publication such as Antiques and Fine Arts and are the authors of How to Compare and Value Samplers and With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley, 1740-1840. Stephen Huber is a graduate of the US Navy Nuclear Engineering School, Electrical Engineering School, and Nuclear Submarine School in Groton, Ct. He taught paper making and book binding at Connecticut College and toward the end of his Navy career in 1976, he and his wife established their antiques business and The Center for Colonial Crafts where they both taught a variety of classes in spinning, weaving, rug making crewel embroidery pictorial needlework, knitting, book binding, paper making, candle making, band box construction, and wood turning. Currently the Huber's continue their specialized antique needlework business of assisting museums and private collectors in building and refining their collections and promoting the cultural history of early American schoolgirl art.