Museum Textile Services
  • About MTS
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  • Textile Conservation
    • Asian Art
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    • Textile Conservation Basics
    • Textile Stabilization
    • Textile Storage
    • Displaying Historic Costume
    • Displaying Flat Textiles
    • Museum Pests
    • Disaster Response
    • Advanced Topics
    • Class Readings
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Introduction to Textile Conservation

Textile Stabilization and Display

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  • Definitions of Conservation Terminology
  • Fiber Identification in Practice (Goodway)​
  • Fiber Identification by Burning
  • The Story of Colour in Textiles (Kay-Williams)
  • Textiles Revealed: Objects Based Research (Brooks)
  • Introduction to Textile Conservation and Research (Flury-Lemberg)
  • Textile Conservation (Orlofsky)
  • Conservation Treatment Methodology (Appelbaum)​​
  • Warning Signs: When Textiles Need Conservation (Commoner)
  • Principles of Preventive Conservation (Merritt)
  • Recommendations for Applying Accession Numbers to Museum Objects: Part 1 (Delfino)
  • Storage Containers for Textile Collections (Commoner)
  • Storage and Preservation of the Museum's Collections (Butcher-Younghans)
  • Clothing and Textile Storage Guidelines
  • ​Choosing Storage Materials
  • Quilt Storage and Handling
  • ​Rolling Textiles
  • How to Archive Your Wedding Gown
  • To Clean or Not to Clean (Eastop and Brooks)
  • ​Vacuuming Textiles
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  • ​Blank Sheer Overlay Score Card 
  • Conservation Netting
  • Conservation Stitching Guide
  • Customizing Mannequins
  • Displaying Textiles with Rare Earth Magnets 
  • Displaying Textiles
  • Hanging a Textile Using a Velcro Slat
  • Hanging Large Textiles
  • Hot Cutting and Applying Polyester Sheer Overlays
  • Installing a Slat onto a Wall
  • Making and Attaching a Velcro Header
  • Retrofitting Dress Forms
  • Sample Sheer Overlay Score Card
  • Sheer Overlay Bibliography
  • Sheer Overlay Supplier List
  • Textile Display Supplies

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