Article Info
- Article Title
- Dyeing Tips from a Textile Conservator
- Issue date
- Autumn 2021
- Issue number
- 34
- Issue topic
- Consistency
- Description
Textile conservators are the professionals who care for, repair, and preserve important textiles for museums and private clients. These objects may be an ancestor’s wedding gown, a 19th century embroidered sampler, a trade union painted banner, or any textile that has historic, artistic, religious, monetary, or sentimental value. The tasks that go into protecting these objects are varied. Conservators may secure areas that have been damaged, wash away harmful soil, create storage devices, and devise ways to safely display textiles in exhibits. This article covers dyeing from a conservators standpoint from synthetic vs. natural dyes to prep work, sampling, note taking, and how to keep practicing.
- Article topic list
- dyeing, natural dyeing, experimenting, historical
