- 1. Identifying sprang sashes
- (Working with clothes)
- Carol James Textile specialist Many military uniforms in the 18th and 19th century included sashes. Some of these were made using a braiding technique called sprang. How can you identify ...
- 2. Identifying Lace: various names and techniques
- (Working with clothes)
- ... MACHINE MADE LACE The 19th century saw the development of machine lace which was capable of cleverly imitating handmade lace and thus undercutting its cost. Chemical lace (is in ...
- 3. Nurses' Uniforms
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- Let Uniforms Tell Stories – Focus on the Nurse’s Uniform Christina Bates Canadian Museum of Civilization Uniforms are really good at telling stories about work, organizations, and individual ...
- 4. Miser’s Purses
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- ... hues were common in the late nineteenth century, after chemist William Henry Perkins discovered mauvine, a pink-purple aniline dye, in 1856. Miser’s purse, American, late 19th century Silk crochet, steel ...
- 5. Clothing and Collecting Policies
- (Working with clothes)
- ... Other items that you already have a great deal of in your collection – special occasion items are not the only items over represented in museum collections. 19th century white underwear, drawers ...
collar
packing
collecting policy
Lady in White
interview
dress
masculine culture
tunic
elasticity
knitted garments
exhibition space
donor
Munich
dwarf
Code of Ethics for Museums
stored
archival materials
leavers
Tiziano Vecelli
storage
Wool
Raschel
Social
Chinese traditional Costume
1970s
exhibition
machinery
stitches
pants
Ethics
Useful
silk
chemical lace
photographs
conservation
purse
identifying fabrics
Fabrics
Mette Bagge Kiær
Preparing
Thailand
heavy and awkward handling
Zuzu
kings' garments
weave
collection
Ponchos
outloans
Pattern
Viscose
Storing
Paco Rabanne
paper
WildWorks
crochet lace
boxes
hair
Manneken-Pis
Shaggy Bear
receipts