As demonstrated through archival research and oral histories of textile conservators, “The Role of Craft in the Development of Textile Conservation in the United States” is a research project that contends craft is core to the development and practice of textile conservation in the United States during the second half of the 20th century.
Selected works
Conservator Sarah Scaturro cleaning a necklace by Simon Costin, “Memento Mori,” 1986 in the collection of the Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred Z. Solomon-Janet A. Sloane Endowment Fund, 2006.354a–c. (Image credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Conservator Kathy Francis carrying out a stitched stabilization treatment at the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum. (Image credit: Richard Graber for MVTM)
Conservators analyzing a printed textile with high magnification. (Image courtesy of the American Institute for Conservation and Foundation for Advancement in Conservation)
Conservators from Restauro Tessile di Beyer e Perrone Da Zara working on a Valois tapestry (Image credit: CMA Thinker blog post, “One Tapestry, Many Hands: Film Chronicles Conservation in Action.” Courtesy Jenn DePrizio for Cleveland Museum of Art.)
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