Textiles

Courses we recommend:

Books and products we recommend:

Construction of Museum Quality Mannequins Training Workshop 

Links to related information on other sites:

Wet Cleaning Quilts at Home 
http://www.bishopmuseum.org/research/pdfs/cnsv-quilts.pdf

Archival Mounts For Paintings On Textiles 
http://www.bishopmuseum.org/research/pdfs/cnsv-mounts.pdf

To Bleach or not to Bleach… 
http://www.bishopmuseum.org/research/pdfs/cnsv-bleach.pdf

The Care and Preservation of Antique Textiles and Costumes 
http://www.thehenryford.org/explore/artifacts/textile.asp

Storing Wedding Gowns and Textile Heirlooms 
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5545.html

AIC Salvaging Water Damaged Textiles 
http://aic.stanford.edu/library/online/disaster/txsalv.html

Preserving historic quilts, by Deborah Bede Tech Talk/September 1997/Vol. XXV, No. 9 – (An Adobe PDF file) 
http://www.mnhs.org/about/publications/ techtalk/TechTalkSeptember1997.pdf

Advice for framing textiles. 
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/treasures/textile.html

Patterns of History (Web site for historic costume and undergarment patterns) 
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/patterns/

Fan Collection Preserved 
http://sul-server-2.stanford.edu/waac/wn/wn05/ wn05-1/wn05-104.html

Storage Techniques for Hanging Garments: Padded Hangers (Conserve-O-Gram 4/5)- (An Adobe PDF file) 
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/04-05.pdf

Causes, Detection, and Prevention of Mold and Mildew on Textiles (Conserve-O-Gram 16/1)- (An Adobe PDF file) 
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/16-01.pdf

Care of Historic Costume and Textiles 
http://dept.kent.edu/museum/staff/care.html

Preservation Tips for New Garments: 
http://dept.kent.edu/museum/staff/wedding.html

GUIDELINES FOR COSTUME 
http://dept.kent.edu/museum/link/icom.html#guidelines

Information on Costume Mounting (mannequins) 
http://dept.kent.edu/museum/staff/mount.html