| PG-258323-18 | Preservation and Access: Preservation Assistance Grants | University of Minnesota | Preserving and Accessing Textiles | 1/1/2018 - 6/30/2019 | $6,000.00 | Eunice | | Haugen | | | | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis | MN | 55455-2009 | USA | 2017 | Arts, Other | Preservation Assistance Grants | Preservation and Access | 6000 | 0 | 6000 | 0 | The purchase of re-housing materials and additional storage equipment for
a collection of 130 textiles dating to the 1930s and 1940s, which are largely
made up of screen prints and block prints that capture the stylistic nuances of
early 20th-century American modern textile design. The collection is
widely used for coursework, research, and exhibitions, such as the 2013 Printed Textiles: Pattern Stories, which
featured pieces from Folly Cove Designers and Ruth Reeves, Henriette Reiss, and
Paul Poiret. The textiles provide examples of early and mid-20th-century
design principles related to color theory and modern design, and offer a visual
record of American folk craft and culture, with techniques and styles that can
be traced back to their European origins.
The Goldstein Museum of Design, part of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota, plans to purchase archival materials and additional storage equipment for re-housing a group of approximately 130 historically and culturally significant textiles transferred to GMD from the University Gallery (now the Weisman Art Museum) in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Completion of this project would provide safer and easier access to this group of textiles. Outcomes include long-term preservation of the textiles and much-enhanced accessibility for scholarship, documentation, and exhibition, and use in university classes and outreach programs. |
| PG-51458-11 | Preservation and Access: Preservation Assistance Grants | Cape Ann Museum, Inc. | The Folly Cove Designers Collection: Preserving an Important Piece of American Textile History | 1/1/2011 - 6/30/2012 | $6,000.00 | Martha | | Oaks | | | | Cape Ann Museum, Inc. | Gloucester | MA | 01930-5909 | USA | 2010 | Art History and Criticism | Preservation Assistance Grants | Preservation and Access | 6000 | 0 | 6000 | 0 | A preservation assessment of a collection of 800 block-print textile items, including table runners and wall paper, along with 45 artisan-carved linoleum blocks and other materials associated with the Folly Cove Designers, a group of women artists active in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the 1940s through 1960s.
The Cape Ann Museum seeks to hire a professional textiles preservation consultant to conduct an assessment of the Museum’s Folly Cove Designers Collection, the world’s largest body of work of these important American designers. The assessment will evaluate the physical collection and the current storage and housing conditions. Further, the assessment will be used to prepare recommendations for storing and displaying the collection, and to set priorities for conservation work. The preservation consultant will also conduct a workshop to expand the staff’s knowledge of methods and techniques of collections care; the workshop will assist staff in implementing the work of preserving the Folly Cove Designers Collection. |