Bibliogr. Index.

Part I. Beginnings The restoration of the tapestries (1971) / Wendy Hefford John Bottiger : keeper of textiles (1988) / Stig Fogelmarck Eighty years of pietas (1988) / Inger Estham Workshop for the repair of antique needlework on the history of the decorative arts section of the Central State Restoration Workshops, 1919-1934 (2000/2001) / P.A. Semechkin Textiles in all conditions : opinions about restoration and conservation from changing perspectives (1990) / Marike Temmink-van Dijkhuizen Looking back at thirty years of textile conservation and restoration in the Federal Republic of Germany (1989) / Hannelore Herrmann Flag conservtion then and now (2003) / Deborah Lee Trupin Charting the future : conservation principels of Henry Francis du Pont (1986) / Margaret A. Fikioris Introduction to Textile conservation and research (1988) / Mechthild Flury-Lemberg Restoration and preservation of ancient textiles, and natural science (1963) / Jentina E. Leene Preservation of textile objects (1963) / Agnes Geijer ; Care of fabrics in the museum (1977) / Nobuko Kajitani ; Problems of ethics in the conservation of textiles (1980) / Hanna Jedrzejewska Textiles as documents of history and those who care for them (2000) / Karen Finch Principles of textile conservation science, No. I: General chemical and physical structural features of the natural textile fibers (1962) / James W. Rice Principles of textile conservation science, No. V: The characteristics of soils and stains encountered on historic textiles (1964) / James W. Rice Principles of textile conservation science, No. VI: The wonders of water in wetcleaning (1966) / James W. RicecPrinciples of textile conservation science, No. VIII: Drycleaning of fine and fragile textiles (1967) / James W. Rice Part II. Debates in pioneering practice Examples of textile conservation in the historical Museum, Bern (1957/58) / Mechthild Lemberg The restoration and preservation of old fabrics : a new method of mounting on a rigid backing (1956) / R. Sieders, J.W. H. Uytenbogaart, and J.E. Leene Dangerous methods for the conservation of textiles (1961) / Agnes Geije The "Delft" methods for the conservation of textiles : response to Dr. Agnes Geijer, Stockholm (1961) / Jentina E. Leene Brief reply from Dr. Geijer, Stockholm, 12 June 1961 (1961) / Agnes Geijer Problems in the conservaiton of textiles : needle versus adhesive (1981) / Hanna Jedrzejewska Three examples of textile conservation in the Victoria and Albert Museum (1966) / Sheila Landi The history of conservation and restoration of flage and banners in the Netherlands (1980) / Johan Lodewijks Preservation of the "Wasa" sails (1975) / Sven Bengtsson Conservation with needle and thread (1988) / Mechthild Flury-Lemberg Conservation of hsitoric textiles (2) : the Noorderwijk pennant (1980/81) / Liliane Masschelein-Kleiner ... [et al.] Part III. Understanding materials Basic habits of textile fibres (1963) / Louisa Bellinger Hanging out : strength, elongation, and relative humidity : some physical properties of textile fibers (1996) / Mary W. Ballard Synthetic dyestuffs for textiles and their fastness to washing (1999) / Annemette Bruselius Scharff Reflections on slit stitching in tapestries (2002) / Andre Brutillot Note on the damaging effect of flameproofing on a tapestry hanging (1969) / Karen Finch Perfumed garments, their preservation and presentation "... the good smell of old clothes" (1999) / Katia Johanssen Creasing in ancient textiles (1988) / Bill Cooke To clean or not to clean : the value of soils and creases (1996) / Dinah D. Eastop and Mary M. Brooks Uppark restored : the conservation of the contents (1996) / Christopher Rowell and John M. Robinson Naphthalene (1992) / Maria Hayward and Robert Allen Cionservator safety : mercury in felt hats (2003) / Graham Martin and Marion Kite Addressing the problem : the team approach (2005) / Nancy Odegaard, Alyce Sadongei, and Marilen Pool Part IV. Principles of practice The role of connoisseurship in determining the textile conservator's treatment options (1993) / Patsy Orlofsky and Deborah Lee Trupin Decision making in conservation : determining the role of artefacts (1998) / Dinah D. Eastop A tale of two tapestries : considerations of restoration, de-restoration, and re-restoration (1995) / Renee Lugtigheid A thousand year-old relic in a new setting (2005) / Tibor Kovacs Preserving the historic document : minimal conservation intervention for 18th- and 19th- century needlework and pictorial embroidery (1999) / Deirdre Windsor Two contrasting minimally interventive upholstery treatments : different roles, different treatments (1997) / Kate Gill and Dinah D. Eastop Caring or wearing? (1987) / Philip Sykas Preventative conservation with the help of volunteers : a successful race against time (1992) / Eva Burnham In situ maintenance and storage : the unique case of textiles (2000) / Patricia Dal-Pra Climate and conservation (1994) / Mary W. Ballard Part V. Practices Some recent developments in the cleaning of ancient textiles (1982) / Judith H. Hofenk de Graaff Surfactant investigations into alternatives for Synperonic N (copyright symbol) (2001) / John Fields ... [et al.] Drying behaviour of fibres (1999) / Agnes Timar-Balazsy Drying archaeological textiles (1992) / Elizabeth E. Peacock Animal glue removal from sixteenth-century Flemish tapestry fragments : a comparative study of three cleaning methods (1996) / Alexandra Seth-Smith and Tracey Wedge Two case histories : a seventeenth-century Antwerp tapestry and an eighteenth-century English Soho tapestry (1989) / Ksynia Marko An investigation of the effects of Borohydride treatments of oxidized cellulose textiles (2002) / Maj. G. Ringgaard Local stain removal from Oceanie, la mer by Henri Matisse : the development of a reducing bleach technique using a suction disk, ultrasonic mister, and airbrush (2009) / Jan Vuori ... [et al.] "Restorations" from Islamic textiles in the Bouvier Collection : analysis and treatment (1994) / Barbara Raster and Anne Rinny A contact/pressure mounting system (1986) / Nobuko Kajitani and Elena Phipps Making the most of mounts : expanding the role of display mounts in the preservation and interpretation of historic textiles (1997) / Alison Lister Loss in textiles : technological and color problems (2004) / Susanna Cont A sleeveless doublet circa 1585 from the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg (2002) / Ada Hinkel ; Alterations, historical restorations, restoration and conservation interventions (2008) / Bettina Niekamp A conservation/restoration technique (2000) / Anne-Rose Bringel Evaluating the use of adhesives in textile conservation : Part I, An overview and surveys of current use (1997) / Linda Hillyer, Zenzie Tinker, and Poppy Singer The conservation of the United Tin Plate Workers' Society banner of 1821 (1989) / Frances Lennard ; Lining a banana fibre belt : a cool vacuum table technique (1993) / Pippa Cruickshank and Helen Morgan The conservation of an English embroidered picture using an Oriental paper method : a joint approach (1995) / Marion Kite and Pauline Webber Solvent reactivation of hydroxypropyl cellulose (Klucel G)(copyright symbol) in textile conservation : recent developments (1997) / Kate Gill and Foekje Boersma Avendale for reformation : conservation of a 17th century covenanting banner (2003) / Lynn McClean and Elizabeth-Anne Haldane A study of the conservation problems of archaeological textiles treated with synthetic consolidants (2005) / Annemarie Stauffer Part VI. Changing contexts State of the art : non-invasive interrogation of textiles in museum collections (2008) / Emma Rchardson ... [et al.] New insights into textiles : the potential of X-radiography as an investigative technique (2005) / Mary M. Brooks and Sonia A. O'Connor Wet with blood : the investigation of Mary Todd Lincoln's cloak (2000) / Nancy Buenger ; "Information is defense" : conservation in Auschwitz (2002) / Agnes Krippendorf Textile or art? The conservation, display and storage of modern textile art (2004) / Ann French Clear as mud : how cultural significance determines preservation choices (2003) / Sarah Clayton ... [et al.] Preserving conceptual integrity : ethics and theory in preventive conservation (1994) Practical aspects of consultation with communities (2005) / Jessica S. Johnson ... [et al.]