A Fine & Fashionable Storage Mount
There is something quite astonishing about seeing fine Venetian needlepoint lace at close quarters. Lace pre-cursors date back over two
Fashion & Textiles
POPULAR POST CATEGORIES:
Archaeology Archives Building Ceramics Collections Conservation Conservation Advisory Network Conversation Wall Events Exhibitions Fashion & Textiles Fine Art Friends of The Bowes Museum Fundraising Furniture Interns John & Josephine Bowes Museum staff Paintings Park Photography Silver & Metals Social History Toys Uncategorized Volunteers WWI Young People
3 Feb 2016
Who Made the Wholecloth?
I’m currently improving the storage of some of the flat textiles in the Museum’s collection, and have been re-rolling objects
Keeping It Clean In Josephine’s Bedroom
Some days being a textile conservator is just not that glamorous and the biannual clean of Josephine Bowes’ living quarters
Beauty & the Beach
As part of the Conservation Advisory Network, myself, and my two Icon/HLF textile conservation interns visited Kirkleatham Museum in Redcar
A Tapestry of Techniques
As part of my internship, I am given a training budget to spend on conferences, courses, and workshops. Last week
Raising The Bar: Historic Quilts on Display
The exhibition currently on display in our Fashion and Textile Gallery, titled ‘Quiltscapes & Quiltline’ shows an array of contemporary
Undressing Yves Saint Laurent
Last week we sadly said au revoir to the ‘YSL: Style is Eternal’ exhibition, as The Bowes Museum’s conservation and
Conservation Advice for Plots & Spangles
A few weeks ago I visited Auckland Castle, to offer my services as part of the Durham Conservation Training Network
350 Year Old Italian Collar, Seeks 350 Year Old British Dress for Meaningful Short-Term Relationship
Last week I couriered a collar from our Blackborne Lace collection to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, for their
The Icon Interns Have Landed!
In the past few weeks we have waved goodbye to our first batch of Icon interns. Paul left us for
Airing Our (Not-So) Dirty Laundry in Public
Each year The Bowes Museum lends objects from its collection to be displayed in exhibitions all over the UK and
Joe the Quilter
While re-rolling some of the quilts in our collection (see previous blog post), I came across Quilt.16, labelled with a small
Quilts from A to V (that’s Assessment to Velcro!)
To coincide with our upcoming exhibition Quiltscapes & Quiltline by contemporary quiltmaker Pauline Burbidge, I am currently assessing and preparing a
What are Quiltscapes & Quiltline?
These refer to the categories and labels that I have given to my current quilt work. Quiltscapes are my extra
A WW1 Officer’s tunic: Conservation Report
For the current YSL: Style is Eternal exhibition, a selection of garments from the Fondation Pierre Berge-Yves Saint Laurent have
SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER
