- 1. The Artist Imagination
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- ... of the dresses was grounded in the spirit of Mercedes’ poem about the princess. The conservation team styled the mannequin and the dress to appear as if the princess was dancing. The display suggested ...
- 2. Documentation
- (Working with clothes)
- ... Sometimes it will be a note that an image of it, already in the museum database, has been used in a particular publication. Conservation is an important part of this too. Cross-references should be included ...
- 3. International Committee for Museums and Collections of Costume
- (Uncategorised)
- ... wish to share their expertise in research projects, exhibitions, conservation, storage techniques, etc. The Committee aspires to define the museum professional’s standards, share scientific information, ...
- 4. Transporting Costume
- (Displaying clothes)
- ... photography, handled for conservation or exhibition, turned inside out for analyses or pattern-taking, or packed for out going loans. Luckily, they are not at great risk of breaking to pieces like a glass ...
- 5. Storing Costume
- (Working with clothes)
- ... facility. For example, the excellent information from the Canadian Conservation Institute is a good place to begin: Hanging storage for costume (preparations, instructions and materials) Flat storage ...
- 6. Preventive Conservation
- (Working with clothes)
- Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Preventive Conservation: definition: The National Gallery of Australia describes preventive conservation as follows: It aims to minimise deterioration ...
- 7. Marking and Labeling Costume
- (Working with clothes)
- ... instructions and fact sheets Labelling and marking objects, CIDOC Fact Sheet No. 2 Labelling and marking, Collections Trust (UK) Numbering museum collections, Northern States Conservation ...
- 8. Planning a Costume Exhibition - a checklist
- (Displaying clothes)
- ... together choose suitable objects choose mounting methods assess garments’ condition and write condition reports photography for catalog, documentation and PR conservation choose and find suitable ...
- 9. Handling Clothes
- (Working with clothes)
- ... as well as a special knowledge of how to handle both historical and new costume. To work with costume, one should be familiar with social and fashion history, textile techniques, anatomy, textile conservation ...
- 10. Guidelines
- (Working with clothes)
- ... to support trained costume curators who found their standards under threat from new management oblivious to the fragility of costume. The Recommended Reading includes basic reading on cataloguing and conservation. ...
- 11. Dangerous Costume
- (Working with clothes)
- ... when touched, manipulated and in particular if steam is used to reshape them. See Graham Martin and Marion Kite: Conservator Safety: Mercury in felt hats (2003), in Changing Views of Textile Conservation, ...
- 12. Anna Maria, the Queen’s Midget
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- ... years after her death, and is still part of the Royal Collections at Rosenborg Castle. Undressing the figure for conservation revealed that she wore miniature stays, hip pads, undergarments, a fashionable ...
- 13. Clothing and Collecting Policies
- (Working with clothes)
- ... about the resources needed to care for items. Conservation of dress and textiles can be expensive. If an item is in a bad state of repair you might want to consider if you need to collect it ...
pattern-taking
Taoist jacket
Flax
labels
Gallen
Social
Nutcracker
Princess Margaret
Alto Peru
hospital
collective identity
protest dress
Leaves to Beads
Accessories
storage
traditional costume
linen
heavy and awkward handling
transporting
stripes
Olympic Games
purse
damage
color symbolism
Polyester
materials
20th century
personal narrative
legend
lace
reused clothes
macramé
health safety
jacket
indigenous peoples
identifying stitches
wool
shoes
transportation
vintage fashion
preventive conservation
mannequin
handling
exhibition
Useful addresses
Fabrics
photostats
Useful
children
nursing schools
Roméo et Juliette
masculine culture
identifying fabrics
Printing on fabric
Le Lac des cygnes
St Gall
Queen Juliane Marie
Guidelines
unpacking
folk culture