Total: 34 results found.

Search for:

Page 1 of 2

1. An ‘ethnic’ souvenir for a WWI nurse
(Telling stories with clothes)
... result was a dress uniformity so apparent that has made people speak of these outfits as ‘uniforms’. In the course of the 19th century, the radical changes in lifestyle, community structure, ...
2. The Artist Imagination
(Telling stories with clothes)
Working with artists to story-weave into the dress display Joanna Marschner Historic Royal Palaces   At Kensington Palace artists and theatre-makers have united with curators to work within ...
3. Exhibition Space
(Displaying clothes)
... at the beginning is good customer service. The doors and showcase openings play a huge role for exhibiting costume. For example, a dress with a large crinoline skirt, mounted on a mannequin in the workshop, ...
4. Documentation
(Working with clothes)
... possible, note when they were done during its life. This sleeve has been shortened by taking a large tuck just above the cuff. It seems to have been done when the garment was new. This dress ...
5. 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 ...
6. St Gallen – the story of lace
(Telling stories with clothes)
... Following the French Revolution France lost its pre-eminence in fashion. Lace fell almost completely out of use in dress.   1800-1900 The stylistic change which took place under Napoleon ...
7. Lace for an Empress
(Telling stories with clothes)
... Eugénie. It is a two-piece dress in Alençon lace. It belongs to the collection John Jacoby (1869-1953), whose collection was acquired in 1955 (Inventory-number TMSG 3612). Empress Eugénie de Montijo ...
8. Zuzu Angel
(Telling stories with clothes)
Hildegard Angel Zuzu Angel Institute, Rio de Janeiro   Once upon a time, there was a dress that became a symbol of protest against the Brazilian dictatorship. In 1971, on the eve of the day ...
9. Nurses' Uniforms
(Telling stories with clothes)
... of their uniforms, and they might be willing to make a donation. Get the whole uniform How many separate parts are there to this 1917-18 uniform? There are seven: dress, bib, apron, collar, ...
10. Theater Costume
(Telling stories with clothes)
... dress worn in operas, ballet, circus and the theater have an opportunity to recreate how and where it was worn, adding an extra dimension to this unique type of working clothes. Here is a series of exhibition ...
11. Miser’s Purses
(Telling stories with clothes)
... artistic interpretations as well. In James Collinson’s painting For Sale (c. 1855 – 1860), a well-dressed young woman stands in front of a fair stall holding a maroon-and-silver miser’s purse in her left ...
12. Reconstructing the Dress of Queen Mary of Hungary
(Telling stories with clothes)
... of women in painting techiques, appreciation of the aesthetic dimension and details of 16th century dress and jewellery, as well as exploring approaches to history. Students learned to express their observations ...
13. Folk Culture and Costume at the Folk Museum in Barbados
(Telling stories with clothes)
... luck and to remove evil spirits. The early costume designs were indigenous to the Barbadian culture. Individuals dressed in clothing that they would usually wear at home; and materials like grass and paper, ...
14. Pattern-Taking
(Working with clothes)
... some sort of prior decoration or alteration. Suppress the urge to remove the small pieces of thread and darning threads they might hold important information. This dress is said to have belonged to ...
15. Dress and Personal Narrative
(Working with clothes)
... frequently relate more instinctively to dress than to other types of objects. In order to communicate this close, intimate relationship effectively, if possible, it is worth presenting the exhibition ...
16. Reconstructions
(Displaying clothes)
... or copy? Materials Expenses Time frame What happens to copies afterwards? What resources can a museum offer? Examples Mette Vejgaard Petersen: Reconstruction of the wedding dress of Mette ...
17. Transporting Costume
(Displaying clothes)
...  choice of safe packing materials  moving packed pieces  insurance reminder about health and safety issues use of mechanical aids for moving and lifting  how to move dressed ...
18. Storing Costume
(Working with clothes)
... and marking: consider carefully how to label and mark shelves, boxes, drawers in the storage area’s address system [see Marking and labeling costume] protocol: Use both a written and an electronic protocol ...
19. Preventive Conservation
(Working with clothes)
... Dress Register  ...
20. Mannequins for Costume Display
(Displaying clothes)
... present the garment - and dressing the mannequin, regardless how good it is, puts considerable strain on an historic garment. Mannequins don’t suck in their stomach as we do for buttoning tightly-fitting ...
Scroll to top