Inside the Conservator's Studio

by Barbara Owens, SAC staff Recently SAC was asked to treat a high school sweater. While that may not seem terribly remarkable or interest...

Early original furnishing textiles are rare. They were often recycled as tastes changed, or simply as they wore out. "Slip", ...

by Barbara Owens, SAC Staff M aybe we've mentioned in a few of our posts, we treat a lot of flags.  And for us here at Spicer Art Cons...

by Barbara Owens, SAC staff Conserving precious artifacts from important moments in history is exciting. And SAC has had some pretty exc...

It had recently become apparent that some of our supplies needed serious re-organizing. The candidate to start was the cotton embroidery flo...

by Nicolette Cook, with Barbara Owens, SAC staff W hat does a date mean when it is found on an artifact? It could be the date when the wor...