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1. The Artist Imagination
(Telling stories with clothes)
... of the ICOM/DEMHIST international conference, Antwerp, 17-20 October, 2011. pp. 83-85 Sara Selwood, ‘The Enchanted Palace, Kensington Palace, London’, in Museums Journal, issue 110/07, July 2010, pp.44-47 ...
2. Disclaimer
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The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by the ICOM Costume Committee and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and ...
3. Exhibition Space
(Displaying clothes)
Ursula Karbacher Textile Museum St Gallen and ICOM Costume Committee member   In planning an exhibition, it is important to calculate the actual size of the exhibition space which is available, ...
4. Ethics
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Members of ICOM confirm to uphold and practice according to the ICOM Code of Professional Ethics: The cornerstone of ICOM is its ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums. Adopted in 1986 and revised in 2004, ...
5. Resources
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Please find out more at our website http://network.icom.museum/costume Guidelines Terminology Publications  ...
6. Identification of Fabrics
(Working with clothes)
Brigitte Herrbach-Schmidt ICOM Costume Committee board member   The main techniques of fabric construction are Felting and Fleece making Weaving Knitting Lacemaking, not fitting ...
7. Identification of Fibers
(Working with clothes)
Brigitte Herrbach-Schmidt ICOM Costume Committee board member   Identifying fibres needs a lot of technical and chemical knowledge or at least a very high resolution picture of the fibre. An ...
8. Documentation
(Working with clothes)
Anthea Bickley ICOM Costume Committee board member   Costume in our collections cannot be used to tell stories if we do not know what we have, where it is and what condition it is in. We have ...
9. Embroidery Stitches
(Working with clothes)
Identifying Stitches   Ursula Karbacher Textile Museum St Gallen and ICOM Costume Committee member Anne Wanner-JeanRichard ICOM Costume Committee member   Clothes are held together ...
10. Identifying Lace: various names and techniques
(Working with clothes)
Ursula Karbacher Textile Museum St Gallen and ICOM Costume Committee member   The field of lace is very complex and not easy to grasp. Here some principal types which may be found on dress. For ...
11. St Gallen – the story of lace
(Telling stories with clothes)
An Exhibition in the Textile Museum St Gallen, 26.3.-30.12.2011   Ursula Karbacher Textile Museum St Gallen and ICOM Costume Committee member   The region of St Gallen has a longstanding ...
12. Lace for an Empress
(Telling stories with clothes)
Ursula Karbacher Textile Museum St Gallen and ICOM Costume Committee member     A highlight of the lace collection at the Textile Museum St. Gallen is a ball gown attributed to the Empress ...
13. Dress and Personal Narrative
(Working with clothes)
... For further information on this topic see Clothing and collecting policies. Further sources ICOM Costume Committee Guidelines for working with Costume http://www.costumecommittee.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=24 ...
14. International Committee for Museums and Collections of Costume
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The Costume Committee of ICOM is a forum for museum professionals committed to the study, interpretation and preservation of all aspects of apparel. Participation in the committee is open to those who ...
15. Clothes Tell Stories
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... This will not only bring less-known historical costume out in the open, but will contribute to creating valuable new contacts between museums and ICOM specialists. This exciting site was introduced at ...
16. Reconstructions
(Displaying clothes)
... The suit was made by invitation from the City of Brussels, and the project was chosen by the ICOM Costume Committee to mark its 50th anniversary, which was celebrated during the annual meeting in Brussels ...
17. Transporting Costume
(Displaying clothes)
... Exhibition Organizers, 2009  Emergencies: disaster planning and response. ICOM Guidelines from “Museum Security and Protection, ICMS and from Heritage Collections Council and Blue Shield in Australia: ...
18. Storing Costume
(Working with clothes)
... exits in case of power outages climate control and monitoring must be as good as your institution can afford (see  ICOM Costume Committee guidelines] disaster planning: the museum’s handbook on ...
19. Guidelines
(Working with clothes)
produced by the ICOM Costume Committee annotated by Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections   Background In the early 1980's it became obvious that a general change in museums' policy and ...
20. Useful Addresses
(Working with clothes)
Dorothea Nicolai ICOM Costume Committee boardmember   Planning a project often means materializing: where to find things you need. The following addresses are ones I have worked with for over ...
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