xxi, 658 p. : ill. (some col.), graphs, tables ; 26 cm.

Part I. Beginnings. The restoration of the tapestries (1971) / Wendy Hefford ; John Bottiger : keeper of textiles (1988) / Stig Fogelmarck ; Eighty years of pietas (1988) / Inger Estham ; "Workshop for the repair of antique needlework" : on the history of the decorative arts section of the Central S...

Part II. Debates in pioneering practice. Examples of textile conservation in the historical Museum, Bern (1957/58) / Mechthild Lemberg ; The restoration and preservation of old fabrics : a new method of mounting on a rigid backing (1956) / R. Sieders, J.W. H. Uytenbogaart, and J.E. Leene ; Dangerous...

Part III. Understanding materials. Basic habits of textile fibres (1963) / Louisa Bellinger ; Hanging out : strength, elongation, and relative humidity : some physical properties of textile fibers (1996) / Mary W. Ballard ; Synthetic dyestuffs for textiles and their fastness to washing (1999) / Anne...

Part IV. Principles of practice. The role of connoisseurship in determining the textile conservator's treatment options (1993) / Patsy Orlofsky and Deborah Lee Trupin ; Decision making in conservation : determining the role of artefacts (1998) / Dinah D. Eastop ; A tale of two tapestries : considera...

Part V. Practices. Some recent developments in the cleaning of ancient textiles (1982) / Judith H. Hofenk de Graaff ; Surfactant investigations into alternatives for Synperonic N (copyright symbol) (2001) / John Fields ... [et al.] ; Drying behaviour of fibres (1999) / Agnes Timar-Balazsy ; Drying a...

Part VI. Changing contexts. State of the art : non-invasive interrogation of textiles in museum collections (2008) / Emma Rchardson ... [et al.] ; New insights into textiles : the potential of X-radiography as an investigative technique (2005) / Mary M. Brooks and Sonia A. O'Connor ; Wet with blood...