Wylie & Singer offer a comprehensive service for the conservation of textiles.

We have a wealth of experience in the treatment of textiles of all types:
– ancient and modern
– two or three dimensional
– European or Oriental
– painted or embroidered

Costume accessories

19th Century bonnets

Colchester Museum

The bonnets were conserved, and custom made mounts constructed for display from Linen buckram.

 

Sami Hat

Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge

The hat was badly insect damaged and misshapen. It was extensively surface cleaned and areas of loss were infilled. A two-part, soft mount was made for display and storage.

 

19th Century Snow Goggles from Franklin's expedition to find the North West Passsage

Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge

The tape ties and bridge were humidified and supported, and the goggles mounted for display, within wells, on a padded, acid-free board.