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Elizabeth Anne Haldane

Senior Textile Conservator, Conservation

I'm a textile conservator at the V&A. I work on the conservation and display of all types of textiles and costumes in the V&A collections, at the moment my main project is The Fabric of India exhibition.

Caring for our collections

A Testament of Faith: An Indian Talismanic shirt

Talismanic shirt photographed after removal of old repairs and humidification

Conservation

All that glitters – part 3, manufacturing techniques

The’ bling-ometer’ in Textile Conservation reached new heights last week with the arrival of the contemporary loans from India so it seemed a fitting time to return to the...

Conservation

Guest Post: Conservation Close-up

Annika Amundson is a student placement in the V&A Textile Conservation Studio, a part of her MPhil course at the Centre for Textile Conservation, University of Glasgow. This...

Conservation

All that glitters (part 2) …. is most definitely not all gold!

A few weeks ago Rosemary posted a blog about Indian textiles which incorporate metal or metal wrapped threads (April 23, 2015). She was very careful not to mention what the metal...

Conservation

Hello from the Conservation Team!

We thought it was about time that we introduced ourselves properly and with a smile! So far we have been lurking behind the scenes, popping up in the occasional blog post...