Zenzie Tinker Conservation provides a complete range of conservation treatments for historic, modern and contemporary textiles. We also undertake bespoke display and storage solutions.
Established in 2003, our expert team of conservators work to the highest technical, ethical and aesthetic standards.
“What we conserve is a statement of what we respect, who we are and who we wish to be. Conservation not only sustains and refreshes the values of the past – giving us an understanding of where we have come from – but also reflects our values for the present and the future.”
– ‘It’s a Material World: Caring for the Public Realm’ by John Holder and Samuel Jones.
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Our large studio is located in the heart of Brighton’s creative district. Newly fitted out with a wide range of specialist equipment, we provide a top quality service and skilled team of textile conservators for all your conservation and collections care needs.
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Latest studio news
Zenzie Tinker Conservation is more than just a conservation studio. We all came together through a love of textiles and craft and like nothing better than to share our expertise with the wider world.
So we’ve put together a small range of beautiful and useful products and workshops inspired by our work and lovingly made in our Brighton studio using the leftovers from our projects.
Textile conservation stories
- The Henfield Stays – From the Workhouse to a School HouseStephanie Richards, Curator of Costume at Henfield Museum On the evening of the seventh of December 2022, the Friends of Henfield Museum Christmas tea was in full swing in the Henfield Hall. As the evening drew to a close, Alan, the museum curator, told me that an item had been dropped off at the museum …
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- A Garment in layers: investigating the Henfield Museum StaysIn 2022, during renovation work at the former Henfield workhouse, a remarkable textile object was discovered tucked into a corner of the eaves: a heavily worn and repeatedly altered pair of stays, or bodices. The building dates from 1735-6, although the date of the garment itself remains uncertain. Its location also raises an intriguing question. …
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- Rescuing the Standard of the Deputy Constable of Dover CastleIn early 2025, a remarkable twentieth-century military standard arrived at our Brighton studio under urgent circumstances. The standard had hung for many years in the barracks office of the Commandant of the Royal School of Military Engineering, serving as both a ceremonial object and a visible connection to the long military history of Dover Castle. …
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