Textile Conservation Limited

Specialists in preserving textile cultural heritage since 1989.

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We now have our environmental sustainability policy and we are hopping to inspire more conservators to work towards this agenda. #textileconservation https://t.co/QZX17YOML2 #sustainabilityinconservation

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We would like to open a conversation channel for anyone who is interested in conservation and related subjects. To start the conversation we are recommending this book. We would like to ask what is your view/experience of marketing in conservation? #conservation

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🕵🏻‍♀️ 🔎 #MacroMonday today is of a previous repair to the gimp (braid) on an upholstered chair. The glue used to reattach the gimp has discoloured over time⏱️ and is now very obvious and disfiguring.

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Work on a tapestry from @NunningtonHall is nearly finished! 👏 #tapestryconservation #textileconservation

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The number of modern and contemporary textiles coming to the studio for conservation is increasing year on year. Check out our Artist's textile portfolio that shows the work we have completed for @GrayMCA #textileconservation #contemporarytextiles
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Last week Marina and Stella went to hang the heraldic banner from the @berkeleycastle in the Great Hall. Would you like to know more about this intervention? Check our newest blog post out!

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Today we rehung the pair of red velvet curtains from the drawing room at @TyntesfieldNT Lovely to see them back in place!

#textileconservation #tyntesfield #tyntesfieldnationaltrust

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#MacroMonday today show details of Mohammad Ali's boxing gloves. They were worn by him (then Cassius Clay) during the world heavyweight championship fight with Henry Cooper held in the Empire Stadium, Wembley on 18th June 1963.
#Mohammadali #boxinggloves #textileconservation

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Lots of joy in the studio this week as Alison has been lining Jilly Edwards’ latest tapestry – the wonderful Wispering Tales.’ @_jillyedwards #textileconservation #tapestryconservation

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#MacroMonday today shows the degradation process of rubber in a curtain pul transfering to the velvet curtain. The object was assessed by the TCL team.

#rubber #degradation #modernmaterials #curtains #velvet #red… https://t.co/9w9yoSi066

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It’s #MacroMonday and we wanted to show this miniature painted and varnished ivory or bone brisé fan, measuring 68mm long. How sweet is that? #textileconservation

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Details from Pacita Abad's 1993 artwork Korean Shopkeepers, displayed at Spike Island, Bristol in 2020. Painted and embroidered canvas. #pacitaabad #textileconservation

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Before and after of cleaning of a silk covered tassel from the window pelmet in the library at @WestonbirtSch #textileconsertion

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#macromonday today showing this embroidery with shining, emerald-green iridescent, and glamorous beetle wings used as decoration motif which give it a special touch.

#textileconservation #beetlewings

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Overcoming the challenges of conserving a large and heavy textile at @MansfieldOxford Read the details in our blog https://t.co/3XvMdlTTM5

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#MacroMonday today shows the close up of a splitting silk in the painted crown motif on a military banner #textileconservation

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Conservation is also a multidisciplinary work! In the lay figure treatment, a medical model maker worked together with us to find a solution for the sections of missing joins in the object. #textileconservation #layfigure

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An opportunity to see the underlying layers of an articulated lay figure's foot. #MacroMonday #textileconservation

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We are nearing completion! @NunningtonHall #nationaltrust #tapestryconservation #textileconservation