Listeners, us heritage nerds are in our element this month. We're playing on the dual meaning of "preserve" and talking jams, jellies, and the Canadian Conservation Institute – an obvious grouping. Torey took a field trip to the Textile Museum of Canada and will not stop talking about it, while Steph is equally enamoured with a book by a one Mrs. Beeton, who's teaching her how to keep a 19th century household. Torey is obsessed with:
Franklin: Death in the Ice, an exhibit currently at the Greenwich Museum (coming to the Canadian Museum of History in March 2018) and its spectacular companion book. Steph is obsessed with: the aforementioned
Beeton's Book of Household Management, a workplace text so good she bought it for herself. (Steph has a cool workplace.) Listen online or find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening! Fashionably Ate is on Instagram and Facebook @fashionablyateshow, and we've got photos from this and every episode on Pinterest @fashionablyate. Feel free to email us at
[email protected], and if you haven't already found us on iTunes, now's your chance! Download and subscribe -- and if you would be so kind, please leave us a star rating or review. We'd love the feedback. CHECK OUR FACTS PRESERVATION: Textile Museum of Canada (Torey viewed two exhibitions. Diligence and Elegance: The Nature of Japanese Textiles is on until January 2018 and Huicholes: A People Walking Towards the Light is ending Sept 4, 2017.) TMC also has a textile research library open to the public during weekdays, and resources for textile owners looking to conserve their own treasures. ICOM's Clothes Tell Stories initiative CCI's Textiles and Fibres Notes CCI: Mould Growth on Textiles CCI: Stitches used in Textile Conservation Some extra resources for the especially interested (recommended by the Textile Museum of Canada):
Preserving Textiles: A Guide for the Nonspecialist by Harold F. Mailand and Dorothy Stites Alig. Published by Indianapolis Museum of Art.
The Textile Conservator's Manual, Second Ed. By Sheila Landi. Published by Butterworth-Heinemann.
Unravelling Textiles: A Handbook for the Preservation of Textile Collections by A. Brokerhof, Foekje Boersma, and S. Van Den Berg. Published by Archetype Books.
Laundry: The Whys and Hows of Cleaning Clothes by Robert Doyle. Published by Sartorial Press. PRESERVES: Beeton's Book of Household Management (Full-text online) FIND US ONLINE: Stream online Facebook Instagram @fashionablyateshow Pinterest