Museum Textile Services
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  • Textile Conservation
    • Asian Art
    • Architectural Interiors
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    • Displaying Historic Costume
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Architectural Interiors
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Ethnographic Textiles
Flags & Banners
Historic Clothing
Quilts & Coverlets
Samplers & Embroideries
Sports Memorabilia
Tapestries

Asian Art

The textile arts of Asia span a huge geographic area and cover a remarkable array of cultures, components, and forms. Always a favorite among travelers, Asian textiles have been collected in the United States and Europe since the 17th century. Due to their delicate materials, complex construction, and often large size, Asian textiles require special attention. 
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Images courtesy Mead Art Museum, Amherst College.
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Surface cleaning before and after.
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Stitching metal-thread silk brocade.
This private collection of Japanese silk kimonos is only occasionally displayed in order to protect the fragile silk and paint. Museum Textile Services created a photographic catalog of the kimonos, surface cleaned them, and then packed them in archival storage boxes. They are now kept in a climate-controlled room in the owners' Florida home.
Museum Textile Services also cleaned, repairs, and mounts Asian suits of armor. This privately owned  Samurai armor consists of a helmet, or kabuto, in the suji-bachi style featuring a maedate, or frontal crest, of the wearer’s clan. Within the helmet is a menacing ho-ate (half-mask) which rests above the dō (cuirass) with attached sode (shoulder guards), kote (sleeves), and a kusazuri (skirt). The shirt is made in the sugake style, using double rows of lacing between intervals. The set of armor most likely dates to the Edo or Tokugawa Period (1603-1868). ​
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Museum Textile Services, LLC

P.O. Box 5004
Andover, MA 01810
admin@museumtextiles.com
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978.474.9200
  • About MTS
    • Our Team
    • Client List
    • Press Room
  • Textile Conservation
    • Asian Art
    • Architectural Interiors
    • Ethnographic Textiles
    • Flags & Banners
    • Historic Clothing
    • Quilts and Coverlets
    • Samplers & Embroideries
    • Sports Memorabilia
    • Tapestries
  • Fumigation Services
    • Fumigation FAQs
    • Our test results
  • Andover Figures™
    • Our Mission
    • The Andover Figures System
    • Choosing a Form
    • Purchasing Andover Figures
    • AF Contact Form
  • Resources
    • MTS Magazine
    • Textile Conservation Basics
    • Textile Stabilization
    • Textile Storage
    • Displaying Historic Costume
    • Displaying Flat Textiles
    • Museum Pests
    • Disaster Response
    • Advanced Topics
    • Class Readings
    • Staff Publications
    • Resources in Spanish
    • MTS Videos and Slide Shows
  • Blog