Clothes Tell Stories

1. Identification of Fabrics: (Working with clothes); ... Paris 1994 (Very solid and readable at the same time, many English terms as well) Irene Emery: The primary structure of Fabrics, London 1994, 3rd edition See also http://vintagefashionguild.org/fabric-resource-a-z/ ...
2. 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 ...
3. 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. ...
4. 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 ...
5. Pattern-Taking: (Working with clothes); ... For your first attempts stay clear of jersey and satin, fabrics like this are extremely difficult to work with. Make yourself acquainted with different ways of drawing patterns. This will be very useful ...
6. Dress and Personal Narrative: (Working with clothes); ... Cairns by the boy’s mother, from fabrics purchased in local shops. The red sash, decorated with cross-stitched embroidery, was brought from Laos. Dress accessories It is worth documenting personal ...
7. 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 ...
8. 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 ...
9. 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 ...
10. Marking and Labeling Costume: (Working with clothes); ... at center back for accessories, lace, etc.: as invisibly as possible. Remember not to attach heavy or sharp-edged hanging tags to very delicate fabrics like lace. costume hung in garment bags should ...
11. 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 ...
12. Guidelines: (Working with clothes); ... kept in an enclosed, ventilated environment. Details: No object should be on permanent display. Make sure that display materials (paint, fabrics, mounting materials) are safe and compatible ...
13. 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 ...
14. Useful Addresses: (Working with clothes); ... the ICOM Costume Committee webmaster. Fabrics Feathers Busts and mannequins Leather Printing on fabric Acid-free paper/boxes/packing materials Ribbons Sculptors/vacuum-forming Tags ...
15. Take a Closer Look at Costume: (Working with clothes); ... and economic policy. In analyzing the fabrics you get information of where (in or outside the country) and when (pattern helps dating) and by whom (craftsmen or homemade) they were manufactured. The ...
16. Ponchos and Mantas: (Telling stories with clothes); ... fabrics which changed its function. An 18th century poncho in the collection comes from Alto Peru. It is made from cotton and richly embroidered with silk and metal threads with a pattern that includes ...