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A detail of a modern tapesty conserved by Tina Kane. Designed by the French artist Fernand Léger. Click for larger image

Tina Kane: Tina Kane is Conservator in the Textile Conservation Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and principal of Tina Kane Textile Conservation & Restoration, with studios in Warwick, New York. She has worked part time at the Metropolitan Museum since 1978 and has run a freelance conservation studio since 1973. She also serves as Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Vassar College. Professional Organizations: Textile Conservation Group, New York. Textile Society of America. American Institute of Conservators. Conservation OnLine, Stanford University Libraries Preservation Department Publications & Research: “Woven Stories: Narrative in Medieval and Early Renaissance Tapestry.” American Tapestry Alliance, 2003. See: www.americantapestryalliance.org/Members/Feature/Feature1/Feature.html “From Paint to Wool: Artist Weavers at the Victorian Tapestry Workshop.” Approaching Textiles, Various Viewpoints. Textile Society of America Biennial Symposium Proceedings. Earleville: Textile Society of America, 2001: 328-36. "The Troyes Manuscript: Technology and Design in Fifteenth Century Tapestry." Creating Textiles, Makers, Methods and Markets. Textile Society of America Biennial Symposium Proceedings, Spring 1999:130-39. “The Technology of Tapestry: 1400 to 2002.” Australian Tapestry: A History. Melbourne: Victorian Tapestry Workshop. Forthcoming. "New Worlds from Old: Nineteenth Century Australian and American Landscapes." Antipodes (December 1998):133-35. “Osmar White and Conqueror's Road: A Review and Personal Memoir.” Quadrant (December 1997): 80-83. San Francisco: Flemish tapestry in the collection of the Palace of the Legion of Honor, (Metropolitan Museum Travel grant). France: Research on 15th century tapestries and cartoons in Paris, Troy and Beauvais. The Netherlands: Examination of conservation facilities and tapestry collections in the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. (Research grant, Metropolitan Museum of Art). Italy: Independent research in Rome and Florence of tapestry conservation facilities. Turkey: Research in central Turkey on contemporary kilim production Australia: Residency at the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne. Conferences: Papers Delivered “Conservation and Controversy.” The American Library in Paris. Annenberg Foundation Series. October 24, 2003. “Woven Stories: Narrative in Medieval and Early Renaissance Tapestries.” Looking at Tapestries. Views by Weavers and Scholars, Chicago. March 22, 2003. “From Paint to Wool: Artist-Weavers at the Victorian Tapestry Workshop.” Approaching Textiles, Varying Viewpoints, Seventh Biennial Symposium of the Textile Society of America, Santa Fe, NM. September 20, 2000. Conferences Attended: "Enduring Motifs, Evolving Practice: The Decorative Carpet from its 16th Century Atelier origins to the 20th Century Workshop," New York University, 1999. Delivered a paper on carpet restoration. Textile Society of America Symposium, New York, 1998. Delivered paper, "Design and Technology in Fifteenth Century Tapestry." American Institute of Conservators, Conference, Washington D.C., 1998. TRON tapestry symposium, Amsterdam, 1995. American Conference on Oriental Carpets. Chicago. Chair of panel on carpet restoration, Chicago, 1994. American Conference on Oriental Carpets. Boston. Panelist on carpet restoration, Boston, 1992.

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