by Frances Lennard, Senior Lecturer in Textile Conservation. We are very excited to have begun a new research project in collaboration with Historic Scotland. A camera has been installed in the Queen’s Inner Hall at Stirling Castle to take time-lapse images of the newly woven tapestry, The Mystic Hunt of the Unicorn. The unveiling of the… Continue reading
Unique, preserved textiles from the Pacific Islands are coming under the microscope courtesy of an innovative collaboration between textile conservation experts at the University of Glasgow, botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and barkcloth specialists at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The project is supported by a major grant from the Arts and… Continue reading
by Dr Margaret Smith, Research Assistant. The Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History (CTCTAH) has worked on the understanding of the construction and conservation of painted banners for many years and is currently active in their study. At the moment I am working on a short project entitled ‘Research on Model Painted Textiles’… Continue reading
Paisley shawls. Glasgow’s Stoddard Templeton carpets. Turkey red calico from the Vale of Leven. Ayrshire lace. Cotton spinning in New Lanark. These are just some of the world-famous textile industries of 19th century Scotland. Today is it hard to imagine their global scale or local impact. Why were these textiles so popular? How were they… Continue reading
