tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post2266526360468670227..comments2024-03-04T07:40:27.538+00:00Comments on N e e d l e p r i n t: Going, Going, Gone - Museum DisposalN E E D L E P R I N Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05016259421156728225noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-9718215795552484312011-12-30T07:33:58.895+00:002011-12-30T07:33:58.895+00:00Is it just me, or does it seem to you that the fir...Is it just me, or does it seem to you that the first thing museums sell off or get rid of are textile collections?~mj~https://www.blogger.com/profile/08539840287964685499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-13455852508069573952011-12-29T21:34:06.175+00:002011-12-29T21:34:06.175+00:00This is such an important issue. I worry about how...This is such an important issue. I worry about how extant items will have decayed, in spite of conversation methods, in a few hundred more years. Slowly becoming more and more fragile, black dye eating the material, and not to mention those dratted Victorian conservation methods! We need to learn from them while they are still around!<br />Speaking of which, do you know of any good articles of Victorian methods of embroidery conservation? I've read of curators "undoing" the work many times, but never read of what the Victorians actually did.MeganHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842743721181682681noreply@blogger.com