10/27/2022
Our textile conservator got to wear all these “hats” this week to address some spots on this settee in Gallery 209, the British portraiture gallery.
6/9/2022
This carpet is a whopping 25’ by 18,’ easily one of the largest textiles in the collection.
4/14/2022
This silk chiffon scarf--part of a dress by designer Anna Jeanne Hallée designed in 1924—is undergoing conservation for significant loss and weakness where only shreds and threads remained around the central section.
3/17/2022
The Fashion and Textile Collection has a new gift! And it’s part of a set!
2/17/2022
It’s true that fashions come back around!
1/20/2022
It’s getting weavy weird in the textile conservation lab this week!
11/18/2021
We’ve come a long way on the treatment of the Elizabeth Hawes flag dress! If
10/21/2021
Usually, clothing is tailored to fit the body. But in the museum, we tailor a body to fit the clothing!
9/24/2021
The Potluck is ready to serve!
8/26/2021
It’s time for a bath in textile conservation.
7/29/2021
This summer, Michelle Leung has the amazing opportunity to intern here in textile conservation, funded through the generosity of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
7/1/2021
Woman’s folk costume, 1900-1950, Korea, glazed linen; Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Mosher, 1966.1505ab
6/3/2021
The silk binding edge of this art quilt has been badly damaged by prolonged exposure to light which occurred before it came into the museum’s collection.
5/6/2021
This dress is up for consideration to get into a different kind of exclusive party: the museum’s Fashion and Textiles Collection.
4/8/2021
Precision dyeing and color-matching is an important part of textile conservation and this week, we have a dyed-to-match success to report for this silk Argentine flag from the Elizabeth Hawes Flag Dress.
2/11/2021
22 pairs of women’s shoes from the 1950s are being prepared for an appearance in the galleries.
7/2/2020
Want to store your treasured fashion objects safely at home? If your objects are safe to hang, you can make your own padded hangers.
2/6/2020
Permanent Collection Highlights with Cynthia Amnéus, Chief Curator and Curator of Fashion Arts and Textiles
1/16/2020
In a few weeks, we are installing some recent acquisitions from CAM’s fashion collection in Gallery 150.
9/26/2019
In textile conservation, work was recently completed on “Ragsby Dollyver,” a “portrait” rag doll by Laura Turpin that may be the artist’s self-portrait.
7/3/2019
Can you find the conservation that has been carried out for this silk chiffon gown from the 1920s?
8/9/2018
A visit to the workbench in textile conservation today might feel a little like visiting a fashion studio--in miniature.
8/8/2018
Here at the Cincinnati Art Museum we recently reinstalled our Nancy and David Wolf Gallery, which showcases contemporary decorative arts.
11/23/2017
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