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