Outputs (37)

A Hidden Faith. Recusant chasuble and chalice, mid-seventeenth century. (2015)
Book Chapter
Brooks, M., & M. Marsland, C. (2015). A Hidden Faith. Recusant chasuble and chalice, mid-seventeenth century. In E. KELLY,James, (Ed.), The Treasures of Ushaw (90-93). Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers

Sustaining Tacit and Embedded Knowledge in Textile Conservation and Textile and Dress Collections (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brooks, M. M. (2014, May). Sustaining Tacit and Embedded Knowledge in Textile Conservation and Textile and Dress Collections. Presented at Conservation: Sustainable Choices in Collection Care AIC 42nd Annual Meeting, 28-31 May 2014, San Francisco, USA

Th is article explores the current paradoxical position of textile and dress collections and textile conservation in museums from an English perspective. Textile and dress exhibitions have become increasingly high profile, and conservators are being... Read More about Sustaining Tacit and Embedded Knowledge in Textile Conservation and Textile and Dress Collections.

Publications on the X-radiography of textiles, dress and accessories (2014)
Other
O'Connor, S., & Brooks, M. (2014). Publications on the X-radiography of textiles, dress and accessories

'Linked by Design’. Textile collections of York Castle Museum and The Board of Trade Design Register. (2014)
Journal Article
Brooks, M., & M. Eastop, D. (2014). 'Linked by Design’. Textile collections of York Castle Museum and The Board of Trade Design Register. Text (Textile Society), 42, 78-80

Wrought very hard' Ashmolean Museum - exhibition of 17th century embroidery 'The Eye of the Needle (2014)
Other
Brooks, M. (2014). Wrought very hard' Ashmolean Museum - exhibition of 17th century embroidery 'The Eye of the Needle

Sewn up. Embroidery from the Ashmolean's Feller Collection. (2014)
Other
Brooks, M. M. (2014). Sewn up. Embroidery from the Ashmolean's Feller Collection

Decay, conservation, and the making of meaning through museum objects (2014)
Book Chapter
Brooks, M. M. (2014). Decay, conservation, and the making of meaning through museum objects. In H. J. S. Cook, H. M. Pamela, & R. Amy (Eds.), Ways of making and knowing : the material culture of empirical knowledge (377-404). University of Michigan Press

‘Indisputable authenticity’: engaging with the real in the museum (2014)
Book Chapter
Brooks, M. (2014). ‘Indisputable authenticity’: engaging with the real in the museum. In R. Gordon, E. Hermens, & F. Lennard (Eds.), Authenticity and replication : the 'real thing' in art and conservation : proceedings of the international conference held at the University of Glasgow, 6-7 December 2012 (3-10). Archetype Publications

Seligman, a 20th-century collector and historian, stated: ‘The first duty of the museums is to give us the material necessary for the avoidance of errors, by the exhibition of choice and characteristic examples of indisputable authenticity’ (Seligman... Read More about ‘Indisputable authenticity’: engaging with the real in the museum.

‘No less dangerous to use than that of a Basilisk’: skin and seventeenth century English embroideries. (2013)
Book Chapter
Brooks, M. M. (2013). century English embroideries. In G. Adamson, & V. Kelley (Eds.), Surface Tensions. Surface, Finish and The Meaning of Objects (98-110). Manchester University Press

'Culture and Anarchy': considering conservation. (2013)
Book Chapter
Brooks, M. M. (2013). 'Culture and Anarchy': considering conservation. In E. Williams (Ed.), The Public Face of Conservation (1-7). Archetype Publications in association with Colonial Williamsburg