Mounting two Beatrices
A new display at Smallhythe House, Ellen Terry’s Tudor cottage now in the care of the National Trust, opened just before the whole world stopped because of the pandemic. Even…
Disaster response
Over the years we have had to answer several disaster calls most often involving water or pest outbreak. Sometimes the disaster is so big that the emergency services are the…
A Wonderful Waterproofed Smock from Worthing Museum
A late 19th Century English Sussex waterproofed smock in vulnerable condition from the collection of the Worthing Museum has recently been conserved partly as an ICON/HLF funded internship project started…
16th century Flemish tapestry fragment
The 16th century Flemish (?) tapestry fragment colloquially known as the Gladiator was bought by Rudyard Kipling to furnish his family home Bateman’s, now owned by the National Trust. Prior…
Alphonse Mucha’s ecclesiastical banner
An ecclesiastical banner (probably 19th C) with appliquéd Saint motif with painted head and hands, metal braid edging and metal fringing decorating each side.
Alphonse Mucha’s Chinese embroidery
ZTC had the pleasure of working on a double sided polychrome silk embroidered Chinese wall hanging (86cm x 460cm) from Alphonse Mucha’s studio, which we conserved and for provided a storage and travelling mount and box.
Order in the House: students stitch up Parliament
Portcullis House was opened in 2001 to provide additional office space and public Committee rooms for members of parliament and their staff. A number of contemporary artworks were commissioned for…
Conservation of the Manchester smoking jacket
Treatment is now complete on a decadent aubergine silk man’s smoking jacket from Manchester Art Gallery for their exhibition Dandy Style opening on 4th February 2021. The conservation was undertaken…
Doggett’s uniforms at Fishmonger’s
The Doggett’s Race, a four mile race on the Thames passing under 11 bridges began in 1715 and is believed to be the oldest continually competed sporting event in the…
David Bowie at the V&A
In 2012 four iconic David Bowie costumes chosen for the V&A Bowie exhibition were conserved by ZTC. The exhibition went on to be one of the museums most successful shows…
Royal Courts of Justice Legal and Judicial Costume Collection
This article by our former administrator Victoria Haddock was first published in the Costume Society Newsletter, Autumn 2019 In 2018, Zenzie Tinker was delighted to be appointed as the Advisor…
The Clandon Park State Bed
I was first asked by the National Trust to assess the conservation needs of the curtains on the Onlsow State bed at Clandon Park in 2010. They were principally concerned…