1st Edition
Faded and Threadbare Historic Textiles and their Role in Houses Open to the Public
By Margaret Ponsonby
Copyright 2015
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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Many historic houses that open to the public in England and Wales - particularly those owned by the National Trust - preserve their contents rather than restore them to a particular period. The former owners of these houses often retained objects from various periods and this layering of history produces interiors that look aged and patinated. Although the reason for this preservation and lack of... Read more
Faded and threadbare interiors; Preserving historic houses: interpreting the fabric of the past; Families who preserved their textiles in the past; Conserving textiles: from needlework and housekeeping to professional intervention; Textiles as palimpsest: history held in the surface attributes; Historic textiles with a past and a future; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Margaret Ponsonby is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. Her research focuses on the acquisition and use of furnishings for the home and on the interpretation of domestic interiors open to the public.
