Symposium on tapestry conservation

"A Woven Alliance: Tapestry Yesterday, Today and for Tomorrow"
Symposium on Tapestry Conservation
Icon Textile Group.
Dovecot Tapestry Studios
Edinburgh, UK
21 September 2012

This is a one day symposium with a full programme of talks on all
aspects of tapestry and its conservation. The registration fee
includes lunch, a visit to the exhibition 'Weaving the Century:
Tapestry from Dovecot Studios 1912 - 2012 and an introduction to the
weaving studio by a weaver, followed by an evening reception.

The symposium is followed by a visit to Stirling Castle on 22
September 2012 to see the weaving of the specially commissioned
Unicorn Tapestries.

Conference registration is now open. For further information,
programme details and costs please see the Textile Group pages on
the Icon website

    <URL:http://www.icon.org.uk>

Lynn McClean
Head of Paper and Textile Conservation
Collections Services
National Museums Scotland
National Museums Collections Centre
242 West Granton Road
Edinburgh EH5 1JA
+44 131 247 4069


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