"Recognizing conservation as a dynamic social force, the eighty-one readings in this volume draw attention to the cultural significance of textiles and dress, i

"[The present volume] provides a selection from more than sixty-five texts tracing the development of this important area of conservation. The texts range chron

This volume explores the conservation and presentation of dress in museums and beyond as a complex, collaborative process. Recognizing this process as a dynamic

Contributors discuss current research, new findings, and specific problems, innovations, methods, and materials.

Housed in the former 16th-century convent of Santo Domingo church, now the Regional Museum of Oaxaca, Mexico, is an important collection of textiles representin