Treatment is now complete on this stunning late 18th century coat of brown cut and voided silk velvet, adorned with polychrome
Over the past few months in the studio most of our time has been spent preparing paintings for the Museum’s
On Saturday 11th June, we’ll be opening our latest exhibition, Shoes: Pleasure & Pain, from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
In preparation for our next blockbuster fashion exhibition ‘Shoes: Pleasure & Pain‘ from the Victoria and Albert Museum, we have
Alongside working on our own collection of costume and textiles, we also carry out commercial textiles conservation projects, for members
Following its transformative conservation, the Passion, Death & Resurrection of Christ altarpiece by the Master of the View of St Gudule
Shoes form a vital part of our daily lives. Sometimes they are worn for practical purposes, other times for stylistic
After documenting and assessing the doll and her costume, the first step was to wet clean (wash) all the linen
Since starting my textile conservation training I had heard much about West Dean College, where courses in art, craft, conservation
For the last few weeks in my role as Regional Conservator for the Conservation Advisory Network, I have been supervising
The Bowes Museum holds one of the largest public collections of Spanish paintings in Britain, including works by renowned artists
Over my next few posts, I’ll be blogging about the conservation of an 18th century fashion doll from our collection
The exquisite portrait of Juan Antonio Meléndez Valdés by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) came back
There is something quite astonishing about seeing fine Venetian needlepoint lace at close quarters. Lace pre-cursors date back over two
The recent sad death of David Bowie reminds me that in the early 1990s The Bowes Museum had a painting
