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Talk 4: Textiles from East to West: case studies from the Leiden collections

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Textiles in Libraries: Context & Conservation series
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Building on earlier talks in the series that explored the uses of textiles in library collections, this talk focuses on examples of textiles in manuscript bindings in the Oriental collections of Leiden University Library.

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Talk 3: Stitches, leaves and smelly old books: in conversation with textile artist Alice Fox

Textile based artwork is well aligned with stitched or folded book structures. Giving book-related examples from her practice, artist Alice Fox describes how an experimental approach to materials can lead to a variety of creative outcomes.
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Talk 5: Textiles and text: A collaborative approach to conserving textile-covered manuscripts

Conservators Jane Eagan and Maria Hayward describe their work treating seven manuscripts re-covered in velvet for Henry VIII, part of a small corpus of royal books still in their textile bindings in the Queens College Library
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Series
Textiles in Libraries: Context & Conservation series
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Karin Scheper
Alice Evans
Keywords
textiles
leiden
manuscripts
oriental collections
fabric
Department: Bodleian Library
Date Added: 24/01/2022
Duration: 00:59:27

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