silk gown 1950s Thailand transportation Princess Margaret empress Flannel Preparing Patterns photography Terminology Quick Response Padding textile weaves mannequins disaster planning paper Chinese traditional Costume alpaca hair handling opera Ponchos self couching chain-link mesh mercury dust boxes folk dress French knot poison Royal Gala video crochet lace legend outloans Printing on fabric knitted lace transporting cross-stitch stripes embroidery addresses stockings wool midget fatal garter customs stem stitch cotton locally made clothes WildWorks crewel stitch date dress museum deterioriation pattern-taking weaving machinery photographs