Notice catalographique « Conservation out in the open : the challenges of displaying & conserving textiles on open display »

• The Institute of Conservation (ICON) - Textile Group
• ICON Textile Group
• Dewhurst, Terri
• Haldane, Elizabeth-Anne
• Nicastro, Viola
• Pardos-Mansilla, Maria

Foreword

WORKING ON PUBLIC VIEW: UPHOLSTERY CONSERVATION

'Can I sit in it?' The public conservation of politicized chairs [Rosie H. Cook, Wu Ching0tai and Li I-Cheng]
Showing off: preparing the V&A upholstered furniture collection for the move to a new public facing store [Isobel Harcourt BSc, MC-CULMC]
Upholstery on open display: considerations for treatment [Heather Porter ACR]
The challenges of open display for historic upholstered chairs (live poster) [Siobhan Barratt ACR

DEVELOPING PRACTICE, FURNISHINGS & WALL HANGINGS

Burghley's textiles: the development of conservation practices within the textile collection [Melinda Hey and Kelly Grimshaw]
Caring for Caroline: planning the conservation practices within the textile collection [Rebecca Bissonnet ACR]
Dust protections for a state bed on open display (live poster) [Viola Nicastro]
Pink for all seasons. Onsite treatment of silk wall coverings at Castletown House, Celbridge, Ireland (2015-2018) and Arlington Court, Barnstaple, Devon (2019) [Ksynia Marko ACR and May Berkouwer ACR]
Historical wall hangings in Castle d'Ursel: how to care for historical textiles in an event space [Jefta Lammens]

TAPESTRIES, BOOKS & LIBRARIES

Looking back, looking forward, looking in from the outside. Opening up doors to outsider and insider views on tapestry conservation at the KIK-IRPA [Griet Kockelkoren, Michelle de Brueker, Emma Damen and Wies Stortelder]
Investigating tapestry conservation and display with digital image correlation [Frances Lennard, Rosa Costantini and Philip Harrison]
The removal and re-installation of a Burne-Jones tapestry at Exeter College Oxford to enable a new glazing system to be fitted (live poster) [Dr. Jennifer Booth, Georgina Dennis, Sarah Howard, Anne Kvitvang and Jonathan Tetley]
Conservation considerations for a library collection [Liz Rose and Emma Smith]
A stitch in time: stabilising the textile samples within the Board of Trade volumes [Solange FitzGerald and Dr Lucia Pereira-Pardo]
Conserving a 'basketful of errors': a collaborative project to stabilise a textile bound 1717 'vinegar' Bible [Sarah Howard ACR and Victoria Stevens ACR]

CHALLENGES OF OBJECTS ON OPEN DISPLAY & SPRING FORUM CONCLUSIONS

The ubiquitous Eyemat(R) floor covering [Christine Sitwell ACR]
Having a (moth) ball. The Newhailes House IPM project [Arielle Juler]
Does size matter? The impact of open display on textiles in dolls' houses [Maria Jordan ACR and Jane Smith ACR]
Handling a very large historic carpet during lockdown [Jonathan Tetley]
Rewind to 2004 - fast forward to 2021 [Helen Hughes ACR FIIC]

• Preprints of the Spring Forum of the ICON Textile Group, held 15th-16th & 19-20th April 2021 (online).
• ICON Textile Group was formerly named UKIC Textile Section.

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