With apologies for cross-posting, I hope the workshop below will be of interest to at least some list members
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The CHORD workshop on:
'Luxury and Exoticism: Textiles and Dress in Museums and Historic Houses'
will take place at the University of Wolverhampton, UK
on 8 June 2017.
The programme, together with abstracts, registration details and further information, can be found at:
http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/textiles2017.htm
The programme includes:
Emma Slocombe, National Trust, UK
‘The acquisition and reuse of 15th century ecclesiastical textiles by Bess of Hardwick’
Hannah Jackson, The Bowes Museum, UK
‘Shopping and Identity: Re-imaging the wardrobe of Joséphine Bowes’
Gaia Bruno, Università degli Studi di Napoli ‘Federico II’, Italy
‘Acting China: Twentieth-century costumes for an Eighteenth century Neapolitan play’
Caroline Tonna, Casa Rocca Piccola, Malta
‘Extravagant dress of the Maltese gentry and nobility in private collections’
Helen Persson, The Swedish History Museum, Sweden
‘Exotic textiles for the Church of Sweden’
Brenda Rewhorn, University of Chester, UK
‘Tatted Textiles in Museums and Private Collections’
Anastasia Falierou, New Europe College, Romania
‘Studying Ottoman Women’s Costumes through the Sadberk Haným Museum Collection’
Katie Taylor, National Trust, UK
‘The Dunham Massey Chapel Silk: Unpicking the past of a “purple silk damask” ’
Alison Lister and Kate Clive-Powell, Textile Conservation Limited, UK
‘The lady in the tutti frutti hat: conserving the costumes of Carmen Miranda’
The workshop will take place in room Room MH108-9, Mary Seacole (MH) Building, City Campus, University of Wolverhampton.
The fee is £20
For further information and to register, please see the workshop web-pages, at:
http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/textiles2017.htm
Or contact Laura Ugolini, at: [log in to unmask]
Information about CHORD events can also be found here:
https://retailhistory.wordpress.com/
Prof. Laura Ugolini
Professor of History
Dept. of History, Politics, War Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Room MH124
Mary Seacole (MH) Building
University of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
WV1 1LY
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