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1. The Artist Imagination
(Telling stories with clothes)
... Shook the Stories from the Fabric of Kensington Palace, London’, in Werner van Hoof (ed) Catching the Spirit. Theatrical Assets of Historic Houses and their Approaches in Reinventing the Past. Proceedings ...
2. 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 ...
3. Identification of Fibers
(Working with clothes)
... Anton: Lexikon Garne und  Zwirne. Eigenschaften und Herstellung textiler Fäden. Frankfurt 2006 Vocabulary of Technical Terms  Fabrics : E – F – I – S. Publications du CIETA.  Lyon 2006 ...
4. 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. ...
5. Identifying Lace: various names and techniques
(Working with clothes)
... the history of lace, see “Exhibition St Gall”   HANDMADE LACE   Bobbin Lace Plaited openwork fabric made with bobbins, creating a network of threads formed into any design with ground ...
6. St Gallen – the story of lace
(Telling stories with clothes)
... Bobbin lace and needle work could be applied to this fabric.  During the Biedermeier period lace ornaments were again in fashion. Blondes were particularly favoured. The wide skirt of the crinoline, ...
7. Lace for an Empress
(Telling stories with clothes)
... is identical to the dress at the Textile Museum, is still unclear. Eugenie could not wear the lace dress without a supportive undergarment of a woven fabric, which is not in the collection. Because it ...
8. Nurses' Uniforms
(Telling stories with clothes)
... century, the simple outfit elevated nurses as a respectable and disciplined occupation group. It came to represent a profession based on discipline and expertise. Woven into its fabric are many fascinating ...
9. Clothes Tell Wonderful Wishes
(Telling stories with clothes)
... and avoiding disasters.   It was a Chinese traditional custom to quilt clothes with small pieces of different fabrics, especially for children’s clothes in Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). In the ...
10. Folk Culture and Costume at the Folk Museum in Barbados
(Telling stories with clothes)
...  Due to the location of most of the costumes on display, the sun has caused some fading which has resulted in brittle fabric and the degradation of the actual fibres which the mannequins are made of. ...
11. Pattern-Taking
(Working with clothes)
... garment. Therefore – not too much movement.   Tools:   Millimeter paper Ruler Tape measure Pins (very thin, thick pins will damage the fabric) Pencil - No. 4 (Always ...
12. Dress and Personal Narrative
(Working with clothes)
...  (Curator’s voice) The dress was made by the owner in Australia, in 2004. The black, synthetic fabric was purchased locally while the panels, received as a gift, were embroidered in a Hmong refugee ...
13. Reconstructions
(Displaying clothes)
... of the original fabrics are no longer made: substituting modern materials that look similar is not enough for a good copy. Will your copy need just to look right, or is it important that it feel and move ...
14. 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 ...
15. Preventive Conservation
(Working with clothes)
...  La conservation préventive: une méthodologie d’approche basée sur le monitoring (FR), presentation at l´Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium Nobuko Kajitani: Care of Fabrics in the Museum (1977) in ...
16. Marking and Labeling Costume
(Working with clothes)
...    Typing or laser-printing numbers onto prepared fabric, archival paper or Tyvek, which is then painted with a protective lacquer, cut out and stitched or hung as tags on the garment. For: can ...
17. Handling Clothes
(Working with clothes)
... information on handling costume   Introduction Unlike many other categories of museum objects, costume requires a great deal of handling in order to be stored and exhibited properly. The fabrics ...
18. Guidelines
(Working with clothes)
... effect on other textiles. No natural fabric is inert. Each type reacts to, and is influenced by its environment in a different way. Good housekeeping is essential, with regular, thorough vacuum-cleaning ...
19. Dangerous Costume
(Working with clothes)
... areas can be contaminated and should be isolated in museum storage or cleaned. Fabrics dyed in the past - or industrially, now - may contain residue which is allergenic or poisonous. New fabrics used ...
20. Costume Idioms
(Telling stories with clothes)
... is made out of whole cloth, it is a fabrication and not true. Work your socks off   If you work your socks off, you work very hard. Zip it   This is used ...
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