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Behind the Seams: The Mint's Fashion Conservation and Photography Project

3 September 2014 - 21 June 2015

Mint Museum Randolph

 

 

 

Textile Conservation References

 

CAMEO - Conservation and Art Materials Encyclopedia Online

 

The Textile Conservation Workshop

 

Taking Care of Textiles

 

 

Our Consultants

 

    Patricia Ewer is the principal of Textile Objects Conservation in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  She is conservation professional with over 30 years of experience in treating textiles, managing, developing and staffing conservation projects.  She has held conservation positions at Historic Royal Palaces (UK), Midwest Art Conservation Center (Minneapolis, MN), Biltmore House (Asheville, NC), an the Textile Conservation Laboratory at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (New York, NY), and the Textile Conservation Workshop (South Salem, NY).  She has been a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works since 1989.  She is co-editor with Frances Lennard of the forthcoming book Textile Conservation:  Advances in Practices. Patricia was recently a presenter at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Tapestry Conservation Symposium in 2009.

 

Titi Halle 

Titi Halle

In 1979, Titi Halle met the renowned Cora Ginsburg; Ms. Halle became director of the business in 1985 and the owner in 1997. She is a member of the National Antique and Art Dealers Association of America, the Centre International d'Etude des Textiles Anciens, the Costume Society of America, the Textile Society of America, and CINOA. Ms. Halle has participated as a textile expert on the Antiques Road Show, now in its fifteenth season.

Ms. Halle has lectured at the Textile Museum, Washington D.C., the Detroit Institute of Art, the Annual Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum,Sotheby's Institute and at various other museums and historical societies across the United States. She serves on the Textile Vetting Committees for numerous fairs including the Olympia Fine Art and Antiques Fair in London, The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and the International Fine Art and Antiques Fair and The Winter Antiques Show in New York. For the past 15 years, Ms. Halle has organized and published the annual catalogue for Cora Ginsburg LLC, focusing on rare costume, textiles and needlework.In January 2010,The Magazine Antiques featured a dealer profile of Ms. Halle; Cora Ginsburg LLC and Ms. Halle were also the subject of a column in the Antiques section of the New York Times, January 21, 2010.

 
 

 

 

 

 

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