Over a sixty-year period

Neville Agnew is a former principal project specialist at the Getty Conservation Institute

Musillo focuses especially on the long career and influence of Castiglione (whose Chinese name was Lang Shining)

Translated by Helen Glanville

Textiles have been made and used by every culture throughout history

Changing Views of Textile Conservation Rucsha Over a sixty-year periodEdited by Mary M. Brooks and Dinah D. Eastop This volume aims to promote critical thinking about the concepts and practices of textile conservation and to encourage engagement with new issues. Recognizing conservation as a dynamic social force, the volume draws attention to the cultural significance of textiles and dress and to the importance of textile conservation in fostering understanding and use of collections. The eighty one readings illustrate