45561
Accession Number
6642
Title Of Article Chaper
A sack gown from the Haddington collection at The National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh
Title Of Journal Book
Studies in conservation
Volume
25
Issue
1
Pages
19-27
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
French; German
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
A sack gown of around 1740-50, remodelled from a brocaded silk gown of around 1726-28, had the back pleats altered again in the present century, probably for fancy dress. A close study of the gown enabled the pleats to be replaced as they had been arranged originally, so that conservation work could be carried out prior to mounting the gown for display.
Keywords
Textile, silk; Textile, restoration ICCROM
pub_id
45561