Author : Frances Lennard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 49,85 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0750661844
Tapestry Conservation: Principles and Practice explores current practice and recent research in tapestry conservation, promoting awareness of recent developments among conservators and custodians of tapestries. The book facilitates more informed conservation practice and decision-making, and helps custodians to select the most appropriate method of intervention.
Author : Ksynia Marko
Publisher :
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 13,71 MB
Release : 2020-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781909492721
From the Middle Ages, tapestries with figurative or other ornament were used by royalty and aristocrats to furnish their palaces and houses. While often observed as two dimensional art, they are three dimensional structures requiring specialist skill to maintain and conserve them. Since the vast majority of tapestries are on open display in historic interiors they pose particular conservation and interpretation challenges.00This publication aims to help conservators carry out assessments in order to arrive at appropriate options for treatment by focussing on: the techniques of tapestry manufacture; agents of deterioration, and current practice of methods of cleaning, methods of support and repair.
Author : Koenraad Brosens
Publisher : Harvey Miller
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 19,81 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Tapestry
ISBN : 9781909400528
Supported by dozens of magnificent illustrations, this volume demonstrates the variety of ways in which ongoing research and the development of new technology can serve to revive the splendour of fragile tapestries kept in European and American museums. As the Royal Manufacturers of Tapestry, De Wit has been a leading force in undertaking the most pioneering and impressive restoration and conservation campaigns for more than a century. The enterpreneurial and artistic strategies that marked the beginning and subsequent development of De Wit, are extensively discussed in the first part of this book. Koenraad Brosens provides an in-depth analysis of the roles played by the three directors of the Royal Manufacturers - from founding father Theophiel De Wit, to Gaspard De Wit, to current director Yvan Maes De Wit. Each of these individuals' choices have been closely linked to the increasingly rapid and significant developments in the European and American tapestry landscapes. The second part of this volume, by Yvan Maes De Wit, surveys the most pioneering and impressive restoration and conservation campaigns undertaken by the Royal Manufactory. Through its original and creative scope of investigation, this book aims to make an invaluble contribution to art-historical discussion and research on nineteenth- and twentieth-century tapestry production, restoration and conservation.
Author : Jean Pierre Larochette
Publisher : Schiffer Craft
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,49 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Tapestry
ISBN : 9780764359330
Jean Pierre Larochette is a renowned top-level artist, making this opportunity to learn from him a treasure for all levels of weavers.
Author : Institut royal du patrimoine artistique (Belgium)
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 31,23 MB
Release : 1990-01-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 0892361549
Contributors discuss current research, new findings, and specific problems, innovations, methods, and materials.
Author : Mary M. Brooks
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 26,15 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Art
ISBN : 1606060481
"Recognizing conservation as a dynamic social force, the eighty-one readings in this volume draw attention to the cultural significance of textiles and dress, illustrating the intellectual foundations as well as important changes in conservation practice." -- Back cover.
Author : Frances Lennard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 28,29 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0750667907
-Includes case studies from the UK, USA and mainland Europe and Asia --
Author : Kathryn Klein
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 21,43 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0892363819
Housed in the former 16th-century convent of Santo Domingo church, now the Regional Museum of Oaxaca, Mexico, is an important collection of textiles representing the area’s indigenous cultures. The collection includes a wealth of exquisitely made traditional weavings, many that are now considered rare. The Unbroken Thread: Conserving the Textile Traditions of Oaxaca details a joint project of the Getty Conservation Institute and the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) of Mexico to conserve the collection and to document current use of textile traditions in daily life and ceremony. The book contains 145 color photographs of the valuable textiles in the collection, as well as images of local weavers and project participants at work. Subjects include anthropological research, ancient and present-day weaving techniques, analyses of natural dyestuffs, and discussions of the ethical and practical considerations involved in working in Latin America to conserve the materials and practices of living cultures.
Author : Agnes Timar-Balazsy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 35,94 MB
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136000348
'Chemical Principles of Textile Conservation' provides must-have knowledge for conservators who do not always have a scientific background. This vital book brings together from many sources the material science necessary to understand the properties, deterioration and investigation of textile artefacts. It also aids understanding of the chemical processes during various treatments, such as: cleaning; humidification; drying; disinfestation; disinfection; and the use of adhesives and consolidants in conservation of historical textiles. Textile conservators will now have ready access to the necessary knowledge to understand the chemistry of the objects they are asked to treat and to make informed decisions about how to preserve textiles. The combination of a chemist and a conservator provides the perfect authorial team. It ensures a unique dual function of the text which provides textile conservators with vital chemical knowledge and gives scientists an understanding of textile conservation necessary to direct their research. The many practical examples and case studies illustrate the utility of the relatively large chemical introduction and the essential chemical information which is included. The case studies, many illustrated in colour, range from the treatment of the Ghandis' clothes, high-altitude flying suits and a Mary Quant raincoat, to the Hungarian Coronation Mantle.
Author : Frances Lennard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,57 MB
Release : 2010-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136434755
Textile Conservation: Advances in Practice demonstrates the development in the role and practice of the textile conservator and captures the current diversity of textile conservators’ work. The book focuses on four major factors which have influenced development in textile conservation practice since the 1980s: the changing context, an evolution in the way conservators think about objects, the greater involvement of stakeholders, and technical developments. These are all integral to effective conservation decision-making. • Includes case studies from the UK, USA and mainland Europe and Asia • Assesses the conservation of objects in some of the world’s major cultural institutions • Highly illustrated in full colour to show the effect of conservation in practice Textile Conservation is a reference manual for textile conservators, textile conservation students and museum and heritage professionals.
