Clothes Tell Stories

1. Identifying sprang sashes: (Working with clothes); ... it now is all-but-forgotten. I would like to increase awareness of this textile method. Identification of items in museums is a start. Research on sprang continues, including: the reconstruction ...
2. Exhibition Space: (Displaying clothes); ... room for technical staff to move around inside to make final adjustments after the figures are in place. The same is true for the construction of crates for transport. Is the lift big enough? Here the ...
3. 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 ...
4. Documentation: (Working with clothes); ... (See Pattern-taking) Describe the main construction of the garment, and then note any particular details. (See Reconstructions) Describe the position and type of any alterations and repairs, and if ...
5. Nurses' Uniforms: (Telling stories with clothes); ... are particularly suited to revealing the construction of a unique ideal of femininity within the masculine structure of the hospital. Until later in the twentieth century, most military and occupational ...
6. Reconstructing the Dress of Queen Mary of Hungary: (Telling stories with clothes); Claire Derriks Curator Emeritus, Royal Museum of Mariemont (Belgium) How to introduce new audiences to past histories and cultural heritage through a portrait of Queen Mary of Hungary who ...
7. Folk Culture and Costume at the Folk Museum in Barbados: (Telling stories with clothes); ... bands of Crop Over were rather haphazard and not very well organised in terms of construction, uniformity and themes. However, the craftsmanship of costumes from the late 1990’s began to improve creatively, ...
8. Pattern-Taking: (Working with clothes); ... The way a garment is cut, may help to identify it’s origin and/or date (compared to others). A pattern enables you to make reconstructions of whole or parts of garments. A pattern can ...
9. Reconstructions: (Displaying clothes); Making copies of museum garments Katia Johansen and Mette Vejgaard Petersen Royal Danish Collections What resources can a museum offer if you want to make a copy or reconstruction ...
10. Marking and Labeling Costume: (Working with clothes); ... shoe's construction. A hanging tag tied on through an eyelet or to a button shank means the number is easily removable for photography and exhibition. for trousers, inside the waistband, for example ...
11. Coat for a Wounded Prince: (Telling stories with clothes); ... carefully examined after the accident – had the prince held it where it was broken by the explosion he would have lost his whole hand or more. There didn’t seem to be construction problems, and it hadn’t ...
12. Handling Clothes: (Working with clothes); Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Introduction Checklist A mental walk through Assess the piece’s date, construction, materials and state of preservation Necessary materials ...
13. Dangerous Costume: (Working with clothes); ... in exhibitions or reconstructions should be accompanied by reliable information about how they were dyed, particularly if they come from a country with different industrial safety standards from your own. ...
14. Digital Costume Display - The Kings’ Costumes: (Displaying clothes); ... a specific segment, from children’s introductions to complex technical text for the museum professional. There are patterns for reconstructions or fancy dress as well as the cultural and political history ...
15. Anna Maria, the Queen’s Midget: (Telling stories with clothes); The Queen’s Midget and her Wardrobe, 1770 Katia Johansen ICOM Costume Committee member Queen Juliane Marie of Denmark brought the 8-year old girl Anna Maria to court in 1763. Anna ...
16. Take a Closer Look at Costume: (Working with clothes); ... that together can be spoken of as the construction of the garment. This presentation concentrates on fashionable dress from a certain period but the approach and the examples can be applied to any ...