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Textiles conservation projects at Artlab Australia posted on ABC Adelaide

Artlab Australia Mary-Anne Gooden treating the 1750s Spitalfields silk gown
Artlab Australia's Textile Conservator Mary-Anne Gooden treating the Beechworth banner
Mary-Anne Gooden, Artlab's Textile Conservator developed a vacuum suction technique for treatment of WW1 Silks
Mary-Anne Gooden stitching the Eureka the Flag to a fabric covered backboard

Textiles Conservation Projects at Artlab Australia posted on ABC Adelaide  

Mary-Anne Gooden, Artlab Australia’s Textiles Conservator recently conserved an original 1750s Spitalfields silk gown which had been gifted to the Art Gallery of South Australia. ABC News Adelaide captured this story and posted on-line. So please follow this link to read more:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-21/restoring-precious-garments-1750s-gown-takes-more-than-it-seams/8726922

 

 

Images:
1
Robe à l’anglais/Closed body gown, London, 1745-1760, Spitafields silk; Gift of Mrs R N Beckwith 1962, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.Image by: Artlab Australia
2 Beechworth Chinese Banner, silk, cotton with silk and metal thread embroidery, Burke Museum Beechworth, Victoria. Image and story permission granted by: Linda Peacock, Collections Manager, Burke Museum, Beechworth, Victoria. Image by: Artlab Australia
3 Vacuum suction method used on WW1 silks. Image by: Artlab Australia
4 Eureka Flag 1854, wool cotton, City of Ballarat. Image by: Artlab Australia.

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