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The Textile Group remains one of the largest Icon groups. We have an active committee who meet regularly to organise an annual programme of events, training and visits. We would welcome suggestions for future activities and offers from institutions willing to host a workshop, visit etc.
The Icon website provides a forum for discussion, where shorter reports, information on training and workshop notes can be posted. Please contact
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if you would like to post anything on these pages.
Go to our News & Reviews page for reviews of the CCI adhesives Conference, Textile Group visits. Visit our Events page to sign up for events that have been organised by the textile group as well as information on other events that might interest you.
Please see the Events page and Flyer for more details.
Thank you for voting for the new Textile Group Committee members. The results of this vote will be announced at a later date.
A visit to Toye Kenning and Spencer (www.toye.com)
Toye, Kenning and Spencer has a long history; the Toye family were originally French Huguenots who came to London in the 17th century. Today, the company has two manufacturing divisions in Birmingham and Bedworth, Warwickshire and a London showroom. Metalworking and enamelling is carried out in Birmingham, and the group’s textile production is in Bedworth. Here Toye specialises in narrow fabric weaving, manufacturing ribbons, braids and laces for military, home security, club, association, school and fashion markets worldwide. It also has particular expertise in hand and machine embroidery, and making crafted hats and caps for the military, home security, sports and show business markets. The firm of Benton & Johnson was bought by the Company in 1990 and makes metal threads to order. The company holds a Royal Warrant for gold and silver laces, insignia and embroidery to HM The Queen.
The textile division Bedworth, Warwickshire. The nearest mainline railway station is Nuneaton, approximately 4 miles from Bedworth. Toye is located about 2 miles from Junction 2 of the M6.
TBC. This is a request for expressions of interest in this visit. A date will be arranged if there is sufficient demand from ICON members. There will be a charge oF £10 for this visit.
Please contact
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with your expressions of interest.
The 9th North American Textile Conservation Conference
San Francisco, California
November 12th-15th 2013
The deadline for submission has been changed from the 1st to the 14th of September
Futher Information
The V&A is building a new Textiles and Fashion Study and Conservation Centre at Blythe House in Kensington Olympia which will open in late summer 2013. Following a generous lead grant from the Clothworkers Foundation it will be called The Clothworkers Centre for Textile and Fashion Study and Conservation. The development will include a spacious public study room for appointments, a seminar room and new, up-to-date storage for our collection of textiles and fashion.
The museums textiles and fashion collection numbers some 104,000 pieces and because of its size we have to begin packing the collection for the move to Blythe House in March 2011. This will result in the closure of galleries and stores and a suspension of loans and appointments.
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SUSPENSION OF LOANS
Due to the magnitude of the project we have reluctantly taken the decision to impose a moratorium on requests for loans of all textiles and fashion from 01 January 2011. This includes textiles and fashion curated by the Furniture, Textile and Fashion and Asian Departments.
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SUSPENSION OF APPOINTMENTS
We regret that we will be unable to offer any appointments to study textiles or fashion from 01 March 2011. No Asian textiles will be accessible for appointments from 01 October 2011. We hope to resume our normal service in the new Clothworkers Centre at Blythe House in October 2013.
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GALLERY CLOSURES
The Textiles Study Room (Room 100). From 01 February 2011 access to some of the study frames will be limited. The Study Room will close on 01 March 2011.
The Carpet Gallery (Room 97) will close on 01 May 2011.
The remaining Textile Galleries (Rooms 95-9) will close on 31 October but access to some displays in Room 99 will be limited from 01 October.
The Fashion Gallery (Room 40) is currently shut having closed on 15 November 2010 for architectural restoration. It will re-open as a two-storey gallery in late Spring 2012.
For more information and regular updates please see the V&As website:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/index.html
http://www.vam.ac.uk/your_visit/gallery_closures/index.html
We realise that this may be disruptive for your institution and that the closures will put pressure on your resources as our enquirers turn to you for appointments and advice. We very much regret this and are grateful for the support and encouragement. Please contact
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if you are planning any changes to access to your collections so that we do not recommend visitors to contact you, or, if you require further information about The Clothworkers Centre and its impact on our services.
Events
Resources
An , including costs of dyes, the dyeing method and a recepie
Mindful of the growing concern over the use of plastic, an eco-friendly alternative to traditional sample bags was recently sought, in the hope that a better option could be adopted by the conservation practice.
A list of Textile Group publications. Please note the only post prints we have for sale is the 2006 Forum 'Tapestry Conservation: maintaining the woven picture'. All other post prints are sold out. We are developing digital versions of past postprints that will be available for sale in the coming months.
Read past MA Conservation dissertation abstracts from the Textile Conservation Centre (TCC) and also newly added is the title list of dissertations and reports from the RCA/V&A programme
The Textile Group are currently looking for members to act as Textile Group Regional Reps. We'd love to hear from people that can let us know of upcoming exhibitions and events, potential visits for Textile Group members, and be a general contact for the committee about your area. Ultimately the role can very much be what you make of it, and all approaches are welcome. For more information please contact
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, Textile Group Chair
ICON Textile Group Regulations
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