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A studio dedicated to the conservation and care of textiles. Based in central London.

04/08/2022

Embroidered patch trials in progress…

26/07/2022

And back to reality. Degraded foam is not nice.

21/07/2022

Another holiday post, this time from Chateau d’If, a 16th century fortress built on a small island facing Marseille in the south of France. Originally constructed to defend the harbour, it later became an infamous prison with the most notorious prisoner being the fictional Count of Monte Cristo. It’s interesting to see how fiction has overtaken fact. In the 19th century, tourists visiting the island were entertained by elaborate stories of past prisoner, with each cell assigned to a historic figure including the Count of Monte Cristo. This now as much a part of the history of the site as its ‘real’ past.

15/07/2022

Using ultrasonic humidification to gently easy out the creases of this delicate silk smock.

08/07/2022

More lovely sample sheets heading off to clients today!

01/07/2022

We had a lovely outing to the V&A’s Fashioning Masculinities exhibition last week. Highlights included the elegant figleaf ensemble by Vivienne Westwood, Edward VIII’s jazzy tartan suit and a teddy boy’s suit. As usual, the mounting was fantastic and we loved the way the 18th century costume was complimented by organza hair and shoes.

24/06/2022

We said goodbye to the May Morris embroidery a couple of weeks ago after stitching it to a custom made padded board. Looking forward to seeing how our client chooses to frame it.

16/06/2022

Escaping from the heat in Biarritz by looking at some lovely traditionally woven Basque stripes and hand sewn espadrilles.

10/06/2022

We’ve been using solvents to reduce the adhesive residue on a silk baby smock. It’s successfully removed the hard encrusted areas, but the staining is proving harder to shift. Time for further testing!

26/05/2022

Creating a stitched support patch with a visual infill can be tricky when it’s not a plain fabric. Here we’ve used Melinex to draw a template of the remaining design that will help us to make a matching embroidered patch to ‘fill in the gaps’ in this lovely chair.

20/05/2022

Feeling inspired today by this beautiful May Morris embroidery we are preparing for framing

11/05/2022

We were busy last week flat-mounting and installing some traditional Malaysian silk outfits. They are part of the Tenun Pahang: Weaving Hope exhibition at the Malaysian High Commission which is part of London Craft Week, presented by Her Majesty Queen Azizah, Queen of Malaysia and curated by Judith Clark.

We developed a ‘jigsaw’ of internal pads which were held to the display boards by magnets. These meant that the delicate and fragile silk of the tops did not have to bear undue stress from supporting the weight of the pads and the skirts while allowing space for the skirts to lie flat inside the tops.

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Southwark
SE1

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http://www.thetextilesurgery.com/

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