Tag Archives: Study Collection

Working with the MoMu/UA study collection: Learning About Degradation

September 8, 2016 – 10:10

Bonnet (1880 – 1910) Inventory number: 80335 Materials and techniques: Cotton; Silk; Linen; Lace; Velvet   Before the start of a conservation treatment, a series of analyses have to be performed. Choices made during conservation decision making are based on the results of those analyses. One topic to explore is the cause of degradation. This […]

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Study Collections: A Challenging Context for Museums and Universities

August 22, 2016 – 13:55

On Thursday 29th September, University of Antwerp is holding a conference introducing its study collections project that has been on going since October 2014. The aim of this conference is to discuss the results obtained during the two-year study: used methods, findings and assessment of results. For the project two study collections were used as a case […]

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Working with the MoMu/UA Study Collection: Traditional German headware

July 7, 2016 – 09:50

Traditional German headware (ca. 1890) Inventory number: 80289 Materials and techniques: Silk; Cotton; Wool; Cardboard; Metal thread (silver); Metal lamina strips; Glass beads; Stones This hat is a beautiful example of a mixed-material object that can be found in a textile collection. It consists of a metal frame, which was completely deformed, with a silver […]

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Working with the MoMu/UA Study Collection: Challenges of Black Lace

June 1, 2016 – 10:21

Mitten (beginning 20th century) Materials and techniques: Lace; Cotton The presentation of lace poses a challenge because of its transparency, especially when it is a three dimensional object. A second year student was given the assignment to think of a combined presentation/preservation solution and to study the materials and technology of this black lace mitten, […]

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Working with the MoMu/UA Study Collection: Reconstruction of a Blouse

May 4, 2016 – 09:53

    Blouse (1890/1915) Materials and techniques: Cotton; Silk; Lace: chantilly; Tulle The only original part of this blouse is the black lace, which came into the study collection in separate pieces. The main part of this exercise consisted of historical research about fashion and patternmaking at the beginning of the 20th century. A sample […]

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Working with the MoMu/UA Study Collection: Materials and Technology Analyses

April 6, 2016 – 10:40

This skirt was such a grateful object to do research on because of the story it tells about the rich culture and refined traditions in China during the Qing-Dynasty. Next to conservation treatment, a complete study was performed on the iconography of the embroidery and the materials and techniques that were used. This was done […]

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Working with the MoMu/UA studycollection: Making A Replica

March 3, 2016 – 10:20

Blouse (ca. 1900) Inventory number: 80226 Materials and techniques: Silk; Lace A replica can have many advantages within the museum context. For example: an exact reconstruction of an object, made using the original stitches and decoration techniques, can show visitors and researchers how these techniques were applied in the past. In doing so, the original […]

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Working with the MoMu/UA Study Collection: Conservation of Shoes

February 10, 2016 – 10:36

  Pumps/court-shoes (ca. 1900) Inventory number: 81074 Materials and techniques: Silk; Cotton; Linen; Leather The conservation treatment of shoes can be challenging for different reasons: shoes are small objects which hampers manipulations during conservation treatment; they consist of a diverse range of materials which are sometimes invisible and unreachable (therefore cleaning possibilities are limited); they […]

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Study Collection soon available at MoMu!

January 13, 2016 – 10:30

MoMu will soon launch an exciting new project! We have obtained a fashion and textile study collection with roughly 1000 objects for you to consult! The wide range of items will be made available and hopefully will provide answers to many of your questions regarding patterns, fabrics and techniques. A large part of the study […]

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