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5 March 2012
Mary Brookes: Textile Conservator “Revelations of Textile Conservation” The conservation of textiles and dress aims to ensure physical survival so that objects can be studied, displayed and enjoyed but can also reveal hidden histories, especially through investigative techniques such as radiography. This lecture explores the importance of textiles to human experience and examines how ideas about completeness and cleanliness influence conservation practice. Examples include Nureyev’s shoes, military uniform and 18th century dress. Mary has published, taught, researched and lectured in most aspects of textile conservation in this country, Europe and America. She is now based in York working freelance, both on objects and as a consultant for museums and universities.
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