| ANNE WANNER'S Textiles in History / symposiums |
Textiles and Text: |
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Programme Tuesday 11 July 2006 Keynote address Researching Interiors: The example of the 'Chintz Lady', Elsie de Wolfe Penny Sparke, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Arts), Kingston University Into the Archive Using and researching at a business textile archive Sue Kerry, freelance Abundant images and scanty text: reading textile pattern books Philip Sykas, Manchester Metropolitan University 'I have bought cloth for you and will deliver it myself' Using documentary sources in the analysis of the archaeological textile finds from Quseir-al-Qadim, Egypt Fiona Handley, Research Fellow, AHRC Research Centre for Textile Studies & Textile Conservation, Winchester Other Strategies 'Wherein Taylors may finde out new fashions': Constructing the Costume Research Image Library (CRIL) Jane Malcolm-Davies, Research Fellow, AHRC Research Centre for Textile Studies & Textile Conservation Looking at armour to understand textile: Unlocking one facet of Henry VIII's wardrobe Maria Hayward, AHRC Research Centre for Textile Studies & Textile Conservation, Winchester A portrait, two dresses, two samplers and a burning steam ship Edward Maeder, Historic Deerfield, USA Wednesday 12 July 2006 Illuminating dress history - untapped resources Henry Temple (1676-1757), first Viscount Palmerston's Account Books: An untapped source for records of mourning in the eighteenth century Lee Clatworthy, Textile Conservation Centre Ad(dressing) the Century: Fashionability and Floral Frocks Jo Turney, Bath Spa University East and West A paradise of pretty girls: the kimono and perceptions of Japan Elizabeth Kramer, Research Fellow, AHRC Research Centre for Textile Conservation & Textile Studies, Manchester Dragon Robes and Prairie Ladies: the incongruity between archives and artefacts Julia Petrov, University of Brighton Chasing the dragon: researching Chinese textiles in early-twentieth century domestic interiors Sarah Cheang, London College of Fashion Textiles and trade - Florence as a trading city Fashioning the Tudor Court. Hans Holbein, the Florentine Bardi & Cavalcanti company and the image of the modern English courtier Cinzia Maria Sicca, University of Pisa Costume at the Court of Cosimo and Eleonora de Medici. On fashion and Florentine textile production Bruna Niccoli, University of Pisa Domesticity explored and challenged 'A linen pocket, five keys and a prayer book': approaches to a history of women's tie-on pockets Barbara Burman, University of Southampton The Anti-macassar in fact and fiction: how textual resources reveal adomestic textile Alice McEwan, independent scholar Collaborative approaches: curators, conservators and dress historians Thrissels and Thistles: Scottish Covenanting Flags of the 17th century George Dalgleish and Lynn McClean, National Museums of Scotland The Purple Puzzle: The object spoke Maria Jordan and Mika Takami, Historic Royal Palaces Joining Forces: the intersection of two replica objects Hilary Davidson, freelance and Anna Hodson, The National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution Thursday 13 July 2006 Approaches uncovered by conservation Understanding the full story: Acknowledging intimate interactions of textiles and text as both help and hindrance for preservation Cordelia Rogerson, Textile Conservation Centre Deciphering text hidden within a 1718 coverlet: Documentation of papers hidden within an early eighteenth century coverlet using transmitted light photography Karen Thompson and Mike Halliwell, AHRC Research Centre for Textile Conservation and Textile Studies Jewish Ceremonial Textiles and the Torah Bernice Morris, Philadelphia Museum of Art Uncovering institutions Laces and Documents: the IRE and Pieta Collections in Venice Isabella Campagnol Fabretti, University of Udine Undated, Unattributable and Unfinished: Forgotten samplers and their re-evaluation through archival research Joyce Taylor Dawson, University of Southampton Censorship and omission from the record 'Inoffensively Feminine': First World War Military Concert Parties, Female Impersonators and their dress Sarah Norris, Manchester Metropolitan University Silenced Voices, Speaking Textiles Jessica Hemmings, University of Southampton ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Chris Bennett
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