Crutchley Archive dye recipe books
We have recently completed a very exciting combined paper and textile conservation project: important dye recipe books dating from 1716-1744, part of the Crutchley Archive held by Southwark Council Archive….
Alphonse Mucha lithograph
We recently carried out a last minute tricky job for The Mucha Foundation supporting a badly damaged original poster prior to framing for exhibition. These posters seem to be characterised…
Sir John Soane Museum ‘Illuminations’
Over the summer we worked to conserve two extraordinarily rare and ephemeral textiles known as Illuminations or Transparencies. Privately owned, they were conserved for the exhibition ‘Georgian Illuminations’, currently showing…
16th century hunting tapestries
We’re currently working on three gorgeous 1580’s Brussels hunting tapestries for a private client. Our latest new team member, Rhianne Deaves, has been working with Hazel to clean and minimally…
Lee Miller: Dressed
We’re looking forward to what promises to be a feast for the eyes, Brighton Museum’s exhibition Lee Miller: Dressed. We’ve spent the summer conserving and mounting the costumes and are now…
‘Double Weave’: a celebration of Hilary Bourne & Barbara Allen
Double Weave – Bourne and Allen’s Modernist Textiles opened at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft last Friday evening (15th September) and we were thrilled and proud to do…
From the ZTC collection: early Victorian bodice & jacket
Introducing our most recent placement student from the Curating Collections & Heritage MA at Brighton Humanities – lovely Lilia Federico. Lilia read anthropology and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at…
Manx Museum launches TT exhibition
Those of you who follow us on Instagram might have seen our updates over 18 months from late 2021 – early 2023 as we worked on a rather special project….
Chichester Cathedral’s Benker-Schirmer tapestries
It was a pleasure to return the beautiful Anglo-German tapestries designed by weaver Ursula Benker Schirmer to Chichester Cathedral this week after new linings and a thorough surface clean. The…
The Solebay tapestry revealed
The Royal Museums Greenwich ‘Battle of Solebay’ tapestry is now finally back in the Queen’s House where Willem Van de Velde the elder and his son designed this very set…
Conservation work placement: a patchwork of skills
Brighton University MA Curating Collections and Heritage student Harriet Brown reflects on her work placement in our studio For the placement module of the MA Curating Collections and Heritage, I worked…
Discovering a Dutch sampler
By Tabby Gibbs, Studio Intern, Summer 2022 My name is Tabby, and I was lucky enough to spend my summer as an intern with the team at the Zenzie Tinker…