[MR] Saving 15th and 16th Century Textiles at Philadelphia University : sca-east Digest, Vol 98, Issue 41

[David Chessler]

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Saving 15th and 16th Century Textiles at Philadelphia
      University (Black Tauna)
   2. Re: Saving 15th and 16th Century Textiles at Philadelphia
      University (Caitriona of Greenwood Isle)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:24:06 -0400
From: Black Tauna <blktauna at shawstudios.com>
To: East Kingdom <sca-east at indra.com>
Subject: Re: [EK] Saving 15th and 16th Century Textiles at
	Philadelphia	University
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They'd be wise, judging by the comments so far, to set up some sort of
donation page.
I reckon they'd get a goodly amount of $$

They will from me, I can tell you.

Tauna

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Rowen Stuffer <handymonkey at gmail.com> wrote:
> On behalf of Lady Elizabeth of Rivenstar, Companion of the Maunche,
> who in her daily life teaches at the Design Center of Philadelphia
> University, I direct you to this information from her blog.
>
> She's discovered "...a box with approximately a dozen or so samples of
> textiles from the 15th and 16th century (there are a few 17th century
> in there too). ?Most were brocades, some were silk velvets and they
> ranged in scale from clothing use to full on wall hangings.
>
> "In any case some are in need of a lot of care, which costs money the
> Center does not have. So here is the deal, as a fund raiser they have
> agreed to host a small hands on exhibition of these textiles. This
> means that those who go can examine them up close, in detail for a
> long duration (maybe two hours total for the tour). ?The whole box
> will be pulled (I think). ?And yes, photos, sketches, magnifying
> glasses are all welcome. Go ahead and count the threads per inch, its
> fine.
>
> "The tour will be approximately 10-20 folks and since its a fund
> raiser it will be somewhere between $50-100 a person. The money will
> go directly to helping these textiles get better housing in larger
> boxes and for some flat preservation. They are not in a position to
> pay for or do restoration of them at this time."
>
>
http://afashionableexcuse.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/save-me-15th-and-16th-century-textiles-in-the-philadelphia-university-design-center/
>
> I thought some of you might be interested. Lady Elizabeth has asked
> that this information be distributed as widely as possible.
>
> ?- Rowen
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:41:38 -0400
From: Caitriona of Greenwood Isle <ladycaitriona at gmail.com>
To: East Kingdom <sca-east at indra.com>
Subject: Re: [EK] Saving 15th and 16th Century Textiles at
	Philadelphia	University
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It's a shame if it really is limited to 10-20 people; I completely
understand the need from a preservation perspective of limiting the number
of people touching these delicate artifacts, but I bet the SCA could get
enough people willing/able to pay to see the items to perhaps afford some of
the preservation that's outside their budget after all.

I too will likely donate even if I can't get a tour spot (or if it's a date
I can't go). I've passed the information on to my Barony.

Caitriona

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Black Tauna <blktauna at shawstudios.com>wrote:

> They'd be wise, judging by the comments so far, to set up some sort of
> donation page.
> I reckon they'd get a goodly amount of $$
>
> They will from me, I can tell you.
>
> Tauna
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Rowen Stuffer <handymonkey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On behalf of Lady Elizabeth of Rivenstar, Companion of the Maunche,
> > who in her daily life teaches at the Design Center of Philadelphia
> > University, I direct you to this information from her blog.
> >
> > She's discovered "...a box with approximately a dozen or so samples of
> > textiles from the 15th and 16th century (there are a few 17th century
> > in there too).  Most were brocades, some were silk velvets and they
> > ranged in scale from clothing use to full on wall hangings.
> >
> > "In any case some are in need of a lot of care, which costs money the
> > Center does not have. So here is the deal, as a fund raiser they have
> > agreed to host a small hands on exhibition of these textiles. This
> > means that those who go can examine them up close, in detail for a
> > long duration (maybe two hours total for the tour).  The whole box
> > will be pulled (I think).  And yes, photos, sketches, magnifying
> > glasses are all welcome. Go ahead and count the threads per inch, its
> > fine.
> >
> > "The tour will be approximately 10-20 folks and since its a fund
> > raiser it will be somewhere between $50-100 a person. The money will
> > go directly to helping these textiles get better housing in larger
> > boxes and for some flat preservation. They are not in a position to
> > pay for or do restoration of them at this time."
> >
> >
>
http://afashionableexcuse.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/save-me-15th-and-16th-century-textiles-in-the-philadelphia-university-design-center/
> >
> > I thought some of you might be interested. Lady Elizabeth has asked
> > that this information be distributed as widely as possible.
> >
> >  - Rowen
> > _______________________________________________
> > sca-east mailing list
> > sca-east at mail.indra.com
> > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/sca-east
> >
>
>
>
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