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Providing collection care, preservation and conservation treatment services to collectors and collecting institutions. |
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Online Museum Classes
Description: The lining of that beautiful cape is in shreds. The velvet on the armchair in your historic house leaves red dust on your gloves. The fabric-covered bible has bald spots. Flags crumble to dust. Why is silk such a fragile material? Why is some silk OK and some terrible? Join Ann in a discussion of silk and how you can help keep it around a little bit longer.
Logistics: To reserve a spot in the course, please pay at http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have trouble please contact Helen Alten at helen@collectioncare.org The Instructor: Ann Coppinger runs the conservation department and teaches conservation at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She has a master's in museum studies specializing in costume and textile conservation from FIT. She is a former NEA master apprentice at the Textile Conservation Workshop. Ms. Coppinger previously worked for 22 years in fashion in New York City. She has degrees in both fashion design and pattern making from FIT.
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