| Tina Kane: Tina Kane is an Associate
Conservator in the Textile Conservation
Department at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York, and principal of Tina
Kane Textile Restoration &
Conservation, with studios in Warwick,
New York. She has worked part time at the
Metropolitan Museum since 1978 and has
run a freelance conservation studio since
1973.
Professional Organizations:
Textile Conservation Group, New York.
Textile Society of America.
American Institute of Conservators.
Conservation OnLine, Stanford University
Libraries Preservation Department
Research:
San Francisco: Flemish tapestry in the
collection of the Palace of the Legion of
Honor, (Metropolitan Museum Travel
grant).
France: Research on 15th century
tapestries and cartoons in Paris, Troy
and Beauvais.
The Netherlands: Examination of
conservation facilities and tapestry
collections in the Netherlands, Belgium,
and France. (Research grant, Metropolitan
Museum of Art).
Italy: Independent research in Rome and
Florence of tapestry conservation
facilities.
Turkey: Research in central Turkey on
contemporary kilim production
Australia: Residency at the Victorian
Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne.
Conferences Attended:
"Enduring Motifs, Evolving
Practice: The Decorative Carpet from its
16th Century Atelier origins to the 20th
Century Workshop," New York
University, 1999. Delivered a paper on
carpet restoration.
Textile Society of America Symposium, New
York, 1998. Delivered paper, "Design
and Technology in Fifteenth Century
Tapestry."
American Institute of Conservators,
Conference, Washington D.C., 1998.
TRON tapestry symposium, Amsterdam,
1995.
American Conference on Oriental
Carpets. Chicago. Chair of panel on
carpet restoration, Chicago, 1994.
American Conference on Oriental
Carpets. Boston.
Panelist on carpet restoration,
Boston, 1992.
Tina
Kane Textile Conservation &
Restoration
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