Workshop: 'Dress, Textiles and Heritage'
University of Wolverhampton
13 June 2012

The University of Wolverhampton is organising a conference exploring the collection, display, conservation and all other uses of dress and textiles in heritage settings, including museums and historic houses, in Britain and beyond. Themes of interest include – but are not limited to:

•       The uses of textiles in recreating and restoring historic interiors
•       The collection and display of dress, from haute couture to everyday dress
•       The historic development of dress and textiles collections
•       The use of dress in re-enactment
•       The role and development of ethnographic and specialist collections
•       The conservation of historic dress and textiles
•       Exhibitions and displays beyond heritage settings
•       The ‘consumption’ of dress and textiles in heritage settings

A small fund is available to help cover speakers’ travel and fees. To find out more, and for any other information, please contact Laura Ugolini at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Or see: http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/histextiles.html

The workshop will be held in Millennium City Building, located on the University of Wolverhampton’s City campus, just 10 minutes’ walk from Wolverhampton’s bus and train stations.
 

Dr Laura Ugolini

Reader in History

Joint editor, Textile History

School of Law, Social Sciences and Communications
MC Building
University of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
WV1 1LY
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