Textile Conservation

Teaching staff

The programme is team-taught by University staff and external specialists.

Frances Lennard Senior Lecturer in Textile Conservation; Convenor, MPhil in Textile Conservation

Until 2009, Frances was Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader of the MA Textile Conservation at the Textile Conservation Centre (TCC), University of Southampton. She has just completed a major collaborative project on tapestry degradation, funded by the AHRC, and has recently published Textile Conservation: Advances in Practice, co-edited with Patricia Ewer.

Anita Quye Lecturer in Conservation Science

Anita works with both Textile Conservation and Technical Art History. She was previously Principal Conservation Scientist in the Department of Conservation and Analytical Science at the National Museums Scotland. Anita has a wealth of experience working as a conservation scientist within museums and working collaboratively on research projects with institutions worldwide. Her main area of research to date has been in historic textiles and modern materials analysis.

Sarah Foskett Textile Conservation Tutor

Most recently, Sarah worked for Glasgow Museums as a textile conservator working on the Burrell Collection Tapestry Project. Before that she was a textile conservator at the National Museums Scotland from 1995 to 2008. Sarah trained at the TCC at Hampton Court Palace and is an accredited member of the Institute of Conservation and a committee member of the June Baker Trust.

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Karen Thompson, University Teacher in Textile Conservation

Karen, an accredited member of the Institute of Conservation, has worked in a wide range of textile conservation studios and museums in both the UK and abroad. She worked at the Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton between 1999 and 2009 and was involved in both teaching on the MA Programme in Textile Conservation and in commercial practice. Her research includes the use of transmitted light photography to document hidden layers within textiles and she is interested in painted textiles.

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