- 1. 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 ...
- 2. Documentation
- (Working with clothes)
- ... ones too. (See also Take a Closer Look at Costume, Identifying fibers, Identifying fabrics, Identifying lace and Identifying stitches) Measure carefully the main parts. Remember to note the units used. ...
- 3. Transporting Costume
- (Displaying clothes)
- ... or cup, but tiny fibers always break when ageing fabrics are moved, jolted, abraded, bounced or compressed. There is always the risk of damage to the weakest fibers that, accumulated over time, will ruin ...
- 4. Handling Clothes
- (Working with clothes)
- ... and exhibition techniques. As textile fibers are easily degraded by light, humidity, and pulling or hanging while stored or exhibited, special care must be taken to prevent permanent, disfiguring and destructive ...
- 5. Take a Closer Look at Costume
- (Working with clothes)
- ... former exhibitions When and by whom the documentation is made Material (See also Identifying fibers, Identifying textile weaves and Identifying lace) Museums have often collected clothes because ...
white cotton
fibers
dress
stripes
transport
sash
shuttle
pattern
textile techniques
textile technique
Goretex
cross reference
wool
contents
Alto Peru
Tiziano Vecelli
Accessories
chemicals
blanket stitch
Ponchos
exhibition
Royal Gala video
identification of lace
children
Huipil
lead
Brazilian
collecting policy
pattern-taking
identifying fibers
story
sprang
festivals
material
identifying stitches
Publications
materials
Underwear
kings' garments
handling
machinery
heavy and awkward handling
Chile
19th century
copy
1970s
donor
cutwork and needlework
Coolmax
Preparing the public
contamination
bride
marriage
Feathers
Printing on fabric
Hans Maler
Australia
lace
Charles V
knitted lace