Conservation Portfolio

Fortuny Treatment and Research for The Costume Institute

Treated a Fortuny "Delphos" gown with issues of detached and fraying cords, and an aesthetically disfiguring area of unpleating at the proper left hip. This treatment expanded into a larger scale research project, including the treatment of three other Fortuny gowns with similar issues.

Spectrophotometry Protocol Development

Developed new departmental protocol for using spectrophotometry to track color change to objects over the course of exhibitions.

Costume Mounting

Created two custom invisible Fosshape mounts for Lanape turkey feather capes in an upcoming exhibition.

Visual Compensation

Overlays to obscure staining on a ca. 1865 evening gown, using Lanaset dyes to color match a sheer skirt overlay. Painting using Dye-Na-Flow paints to color match to a ribbon area.

1948 Molyneux Recreation Museum at FIT

Created a muslin reconstruction of a 1943 Molyneux women’s suit for The Museum at FIT's exhibition Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities (spring 2025). Drafted a pattern from the original garment, under the supervision of the head conservator, and created a muslin toile as an interactive component of the exhibition. The toile became part of the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Graduate Study toile collection after the exhibition.

Conservation Dyeing

Did conservation dyeing to produce overlay and support fabric for a 19th century Japanese Noh robe, including color matching through adjusting dye recipes.

Clare Potter & Dorothy Liebes apron
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

Created a condition report & treatment proposal for a newly acquired Dorothy Liebes apron, performed material identification (fiber identification with polarized light microscopy and FTIR-ATR for synthetic identification), entered the apron into The Museum System (TMS) database, & created a custom storage solution.

Wet Cleaning

Conservation wet cleaning of cotton textile with buttonhole lace insert.

Conservation Stitching

Examples of conservation stitching.