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1. TEXTILE CATALOGING
- establish
numbering system
- attach
inventory tags to pieces
- descriptive
list with measurements, materials, structural analysis
- condition
evaluations and report for purposes of conservation and/or storage
- create
inventory card, page or data base entry with photo for each
piece
- written
research reports with comparative examples, if available
- expert
authentication, verbal or written report
2. TEXTILE
DIGITIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
- for inventory purposes
- photography in your home or at
our gallery
- creating CD disks
- preparing images in format for
Emailing
3. TEXTILE CONSERVATION
- cleaning
- repairing
- reweaving
- embroidering
- mounting
- framing in Plexiglas box
- advice on other framing choices
- written report on methods and materials
used, if desired
4. TEXTILE STORAGE
- advice for proper storage conditions
in the home
- creating storage and display
systems for the home
- packing textiles for proper storage;
including easy display storage mounts
5. TEXTILE DISPLAY
- general design and installation
advice
- design and create mountings for
textile(s) and related objects ( beadwork, bark cloth, costumes,
jewelry, baskets, sculpture)
- design of specific installation
of textile(s)
- design of specific area or entire
rooms for textile placement
- installation of exhibitions
6. TEXTILE CURATORIAL SERVICES
- Collecting advice (Coptic, Pre-Columbian,
Central Asian, African, Indonesian, Japanese and other antique
and ethnographic textiles and Contemporary fiber art)
- Establishing collecting goals
- Appraisals for insurance
The conservators at the gallery have
done conservation and mounting on:
- Coptic and Pre-Columbian textiles
- Sautillos, quilts and Navajo blankets
- Central Asian, Chinese and Japanese
robes free standing or wall mounted
- relining of an important historical
Christening robe and repair of other costume
- cleaning and mounting of beadwork
- mounting of jewelry
- mounting of hats
- backing embroideries and silks
and preparing them for hanging
- repairing and mounting flags,
banners, needlepoint, and lace
- reweaving and repair of kilims
- repair of hooked rugs
- and many, many others
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