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Working a pattern: embroidery and the creation of the feminine in late 17th century English embroideries
No full textNew insights into textiles: the potential of X-radiography as an investigative technique
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Observe the directions which are given by knowing men: embroidery and the feminine in 17th century England
No full textValuing Collections
No full textBook Review ofClark, K. 2006. Capturing the Public Value of Heritage. The Proceedings of the London Conference, 25-26 January 2006. London: English Heritage.The National Trust. 2006. Demonstrating the Public Value of Heritage. (London): The National TrustKeene, S. 2005. Fragments of the World. Uses of Museum Collections. London: Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann.<br/
English Embroideries of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum
No full textThis book presents the Ashmolean Museum's collection of English seventeenth-century embroideries. It combines scholarly analysis with visual images in accordance with the established format of the Ashmolean's catalogues.The intriguing embroideries often made by affluent school girls, include pictorial panels and an elaborate box showing bible stories as well as costume accessories and fanciful items such as a frog-shaped purse. The introductory essay explores how the miniature world of kings and queens, biblical and classical heroes, courtiers and shepherdesses, set in landscapes with lovingly depicted animals and flowers, connects with the religious, political and social concerns of the turbulent seventeenth century. extensive use is made of contemporaneous sources ranging from letters to sermons. Detailed analysis and photographs reveal the fine stitches and the imaginative raised work embroidery techniques
Revealing the hidden: the X-radiography of textiles
No full textX-radiography is an established non-destructive investigative technique used in many areas of conservation practice which has not usually been applied to textiles. The aim of this interdisciplinary research is to explore the potential of x-radiography as a tool for the characterisation, condition assessment, study and conservation decision-making of ancient, historic and contemporary textiles. Such X-radiographs enable hidden aspects of textiles and textile artefacts, such as seaming, stuffings and structural supports, to become evident as well as more subtle details such as internal stitching threads, variations in weave structures and differential metal weightings on silk fabrics. It can also be used for mapping areas of repair and deterioration. The benefits of such analysis are not only for conservators and curators since X-radiographs are also an exciting and dramatic tool for communicating a greater understanding of textiles to the public. 3. MethodologySpecific X-radiography techniques are being developed to enable images of textiles to be produced. The emphasis is on using equipment commonly used by objects and paintings conservators. Techniques to produce high definition, high contrast images involve using low energy x-rays with appropriate filtration. Specialist equipment and techniques are also being explored, including micro-focus radiography, computer tomography and real time radiography. The images have been digitised using a dedicated X-radiograph film scanner to facilitate image interpretation and digital image processing to enhance detail.Several case studies are included supported by photographs and radiographs
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