Table of Contents
Foreword Timothy P. Whalen ix
Acknowledgments xi
Editors' Preface Mary M. Brooks Dinah D. Eastop xiii
Introduction: Interactions of Meaning and Matter Dinah D. Eastop Mary M. Brooks 1
1 Reflecting Absence and Presence Displaying Dress of Known Individuals Mary M. Brooks 19
2 Conserving an Ainu Robe Within the Framework of Japan's Cultural Property Preservation Policy Mie Ishii 33
3 "Wrapped in Country": Conserving and Representing Possum-Skin Cloaks as In/Tangible Heritage Henry L. Atkinson Vicki Couzens Lee Darroch Genevieve Grieves Samantha Hamilton Holly Jones-Amin Mandy Nicholson Amanda Reynolds 49
4 Kahu Ora: Living Cloaks, Living Culture Rangi Te Kanawa Awhina Tamarapa Anne Peranteau 65
5 Preserving and Displaying Archaeological Garments Via Pressure Mounting Anja Bayer 79
6 The Conservation and Display of the Tahitian Mourner's Costume at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford Jeremy S. Uden Heather M. Richardson Rachael E. Lee 93
7 Dress in the Limelight: The Conservation and Display of Ellen Terry's "Beetle-Wing" Dress At Smallhythe Place Emma Slocombe Zenzie Tinker 107
8 Making Sense of a Fragmentary Coat Found Concealed Within a Building Kathryn Gill 121
9 Back To Black: Conservation of a 1900s Ensemble Via Replication and Web Display (Replicar) Teresa Cristina Toledo de Paula 133
10 Concepts in Practice: Collaborative Approaches in Developing the Bowes Museum's Fashion and Textile Gallery Claire Gresswell Joanna Hashagen Janet Wood 145
11 A Delicate Balance: Ethics and Aesthetics at the Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Sarah Scaturro Joyce Fung 159
12 Fashion As Art: Dressed to Kill: 100 Years of Fashion Micheline Ford Roger Leong 173
13 Radicalizing the Representation of Fashion: Alexander McQueen at the V&A, 1999-2015 Claire Wilcox 187
14 Peopling the Pleasure Garden: Creating an Immersive Display at the Museum of London Beatrice Behlen Christine Supianek-Chassay 199
15 Dramatic Effects on a Static Stage: Cantonese Opera Costumes at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum Evita So Yeung Angela Yuenkuen Cheung 213
16 Conserving Damage: Clothing Worn By Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi at the Time of Their Assassinations Kristin Phillips 225
17 Moving Forward Together Bianca M. du Mortier Suzan Meijer 237
Index 251
