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1. An ‘ethnic’ souvenir for a WWI nurse
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ELENI PAPATHOMA, M.A. Curator at Museum of Greek Folk Art, Athens, Greece   Preface In February 2015 the Museum of Greek Folk Art in Athens, Greece, received an unusual donation. Mrs. Elizabeth ...
2. 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 ...
3. The Artist Imagination
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... 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 ...
4. Exhibition Space
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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, ...
5. Stories
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Clothes Tell Stories is an on-line Costume Workbook, a web-based resource for museums, students and the general public about how to use costume to tell stories. Costume is extremely evocative and always ...
6. Royal Gala Video
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... of the Queen at the banquets and state visits when she wore the gowns. A video showing the museum guests how to bow and curtsy was made for the exhibition, so guests felt prepared to meet the Queen in ...
7. Terminology for Costume
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... were published in “Cataloguing Costume” in the Museums Journal, December 1976, pp 109-110. The drawings, essential for recognizing what kind of garment one has, were provided by curator Ietse Meije, ...
8. 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, ...
9. Resources
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Please find out more at our website http://network.icom.museum/costume Guidelines Terminology Publications  ...
10. Identification of Fibers
(Working with clothes)
... approximate result may be obtained by a burning test, which however should not be used on Museum material, see for the reaction of fibres: Ditzi Prints Fiber Burn Chart and photos of what that looks like ...
11. Documentation
(Working with clothes)
... to know and record as much as possible about every item in our care. Your museum may already have a manual to guide you through these processes. We also have to ensure that this information is readily ...
12. Embroidery Stitches
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Identifying Stitches   Ursula Karbacher Textile Museum St Gallen and ICOM Costume Committee member Anne Wanner-JeanRichard ICOM Costume Committee member   Clothes are held together ...
13. Identifying Lace: various names and techniques
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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 ...
14. St Gallen – the story of lace
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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 ...
15. 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 ...
16. Nurses' Uniforms
(Telling stories with clothes)
Let Uniforms Tell Stories – Focus on the Nurse’s Uniform Christina Bates Canadian Museum of Civilization   Uniforms are really good at telling stories about work, organizations, and individual ...
17. Theater Costume
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Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections   Costume worn on stage and screen often has a very special character, perhaps because it is so carefully designed to be worn and worked in. Museums exhibiting ...
18. Russian Underwear
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Bodily Memory: Underwear from a Soviet Epoch Dr Margot Schindler former curator of the Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art   During a meeting of the European Textile Network ETN in ...
19. Miser’s Purses
(Telling stories with clothes)
Laura L. Camerlengo Philadelphia Museum of Art   Miser’s purses are among many unusual and little-known costume accessories that pervade today’s museum collections. These small purses with center ...
20. Clothes Tell Wonderful Wishes
(Telling stories with clothes)
Li Xiaojun Shanghai Museum of Textile and Costume   In former times, Chinese parents worried that their young children were at risk from various evils. It was thought that these could be avoided ...
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