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From: Brenda & Tony MacCulloch <>
Subject: [WarBrides] victoria and albert musem part 1
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 09:22:54 +1200


Hi Michele and everyone,

This is from :

Charlotte Samuels
Assistant Curator
Furniture, Textiles and Dress


at the Victoria & Albert Musem in London, UK.

I wrote to her about the possiblity of patterns, or wedding dresses related
to parachute silk WW2.
and she replied - which is very kind of her.
They certainly have a comprehensive collection. Wish I were in London, I
would love to go and have a look.
Have coped and pasted the Book List she referst to in the following email.
Cheers

Dear Mrs. MacCulloch,

Thank you for your enquiry. I attach a booklist to help with your research.
We have two items from the 1940s made of parachute silk. T.134-1975 is an
ivory wedding dress by Helen Drew from 1944 and T.142-1988 is printed dress
fabric by Ascher from 1940.

I also attach information on what is currently on display in our galleries.

Yours sincerely,
Charlotte Samuels
Assistant Curator
Furniture, Textiles and Fashion.

Brenda MacCulloch


Thank you for your query about the resources available in the Textiles and
Dress Galleries. I enclose a leaflet on the collection. Gallery 40 on the
ground floor of the museum displays the history of dress from the 18th
century to the present day. A temporary display of clothes by Catherine
Walker is also showing here until 17 November. The textiles galleries are
94-101 on the first floor. Here is a list of the principle objects in each
gallery:
Gallery 94: The Devonshire Hunting Tapestries.
Gallery 95: Temporary display of 19th century Persian textiles, though from
Autumn onwards there will be a permanent display of ecclesiastical textiles
from the Renaissance period.
Gallery 96: Mainly lace.
Gallery 97: Carpets, however these are mostly behind curtains and can only
be seen by appointment.
Gallery 98: Far Eastern objects; there are currently some textiles
manufactured by the Nuno Corporation.
Gallery 99: Early textiles.
Gallery 100: Pull-out study frames containing textiles from many different
periods and countries. Open 10am-5pm every day.
Gallery 101: Mainly modern textiles.

The British Galleries near the main entrance have examples from 1500-1900
and you will find additional modern and contemporary textiles in Galleries
70-74 on the first floor. There are ecclesiastical garments in Gallery 29
until the Autumn.

Textiles and dress kept in our stores can be viewed by appointment. We are
currently fully booked until September. You are welcome to write to the
department if you would like to reserve an appointment for that time.

Yours sincerely,

Charlotte Samuels
Assistant Curator
Furniture, Textiles and Dress



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