Spring 2012 - Dress and Textile Specialists

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Photo 3: Dress with the inside of the bodice visible to visitors Photo 4: Padding on the front of the torso Even with the limited range of torsos, with skill and ingenuity it was possible to cover three centuries of costume in the gallery. Photo 5: Costume installed in the gallery Photo 6 : Suspended male costume Acknowledgements: With thanks to Claire Greswell, Blue The Design Company, for the inspiration, Joanna Hashagen for her support and dedication to this project, Roy Mandeville for his skill and patience and to The Bowes Museum for the use of images. ____ An Access Project in Progress - The Blackborne Lace Collection Annabel Talbot A tour of The Bowes Museum's Fashion and Textile Gallery’s Glass Study Cube and an introduction to The Blackborne Lace Project. 36
I am currently working on The Blackborne Lace Collection Project which is funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.The project will secure public access to a representative range of lace in The Blackborne collection and meet the demands of researchers and specialists; giving access to different levels of scholarship. Key aims and purpose of The Blackborne Lace Project - Documentation and Access Unpacking, recording (digitally) and sorting The Blackborne Lace Collection into category, date, type and condition. Selecting key pieces of lace from The Blackborne Lace Collection for the accessible drawers and storage boxes in the Fashion and Textile Gallery’s study area, The Glass Cube. Project location - The Glass Cube, the Fashion and Textile Gallery, The Bowes Museum The primary objectives of The Glass Cube and the concept and design behind the space are directly connected to recurring access issues relating to collection care, curatorial needs and researcher/visitor wishes within the Fashion and Textile Department. The space will hold a significant part of The Bowes Museum's lace, embroidery, tapestry and quilt collection improving long term storage and facilitating increased access for object based research. The Glass Cube has a variety of functions; it gives the visitor the opportunity to see "behind the scenes" providing a visible workspace for curators, conservators and volunteers and a storage area to house part of the fashion and textile collection. This multi-functional space also works as an area for general and specialist study, talks and demonstrations. The design even allows for collection interpretation and display, working as a large case for gallery exhibitions. The Blackborne Lace Collection background The Glass Cube in the Fashion and Textile Gallery The Blackborne Lace is a historic collection, including study collections and the surviving stock and documentary material of the lace dealers A. Blackborne and Company. Anthony Blackborne (1824- 1878) and his son Arthur Blackborne (1856-1952) built up a thriving business, which was at the forefront of the growing trade in antique lace. Their deep knowledge, and the rarity of many of the pieces they acquired, earned The Blackborne Collection worldwide recognition. In 2006, the descendants of Antony and Arthur Blackborne presented the entire collection, of approximately 5,000 pieces to The Bowes Museum. Project outcomes and developments 37
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