The algorithm has me pegged indeed. Just bought these gorgeous boots. #edwardian

Sometimes I look back at my old work place and realize just how weird it all was.

The stuff underneath the mannequins in that fashion exhibit you just visited…. #fashionconservation #cmaconservation

One of the masterpieces in our collection is on a rare loan to @metmuseum for our #africaandbyzantium exhibit we co-organized. Icon of the Virgin and Child, Egyptian, 500s CE, slit-and dovetail-tapestry weave, wool, 1967.144 #clevelandtextiles

www.clevelandart.org/art/1967.144

Textile with Fall Leaves, possibly by Astrid Sampe, Sweden, c. 1952 #clevelandtextiles www.clevelandart.org/art/1953.79

Coptic textile in tapestry weave,
500s, Egypt, #clevelandtextiles
www.clevelandart.org/art/1982.73

Paracas mantle, Cavernas style, 300 BCE - 300 CE #clevelandtextiles www.clevelandart.org/art/1946.226

Textile with field of poppies on a golden ground. Iran, Safavid, 1600-1750. #clevelandtextiles www.clevelandart.org/art/1926.22

Raoul Dufy’s “Coquillages” #clevelandtextiles

www.clevelandart.org/art/1926.558

Some wonderfully staged scenes inside the Hay-McKinney mansion with Western Reserve Historical Society’s incredible collection of fashion. This is all the work of ONE (1!) woman, the curator Patty Edmonson who serves as curator, dresser, conservator, collections manager, educator…..

There’s always something wonderful in the Cleveland Museum of Art conservation labs! Like this photo from Malick Sidibé www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.247

Loving this reproduction gilded pastiglia frame we made for a gorgeous 15th century cassone panel. Our technician matched the coppery tone perfectly! #cmaconservation