http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/07/22/isabel-mcilraith-textile-conservation-volunteer/ Our place, our voices Sat, 25 May 2013 12:04:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/07/22/isabel-mcilraith-textile-conservation-volunteer/#comment-9706 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:17:14 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=9948#comment-9706 what a wonderful age to reach, her knowledge of different fabrics over the years would have been good to share with conservationists.. Where would we be without volunteers? If one thought, 104 years ago, what has happened since then with fabrics… man made fabrics added to the collection, but nothing like the real silks…dyeing off as well.. tell you one thing of great interest, one of our early settlers was at Merton Abbey and patented the way to print silk on both sides, I have this information in the family book of this person.. 1907 she was born.. think of all the different fashions she has lived through.. god bless her.

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