tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281883476739158489.post8691791533260603642..comments2023-10-10T08:26:17.996-05:00Comments on Rayela's Fiber Focus: Vintage Weavings – to Restore or Not? by Catherine Salter BayarRachel Bielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14804950102480086440noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281883476739158489.post-13487170333303653752009-07-15T23:28:21.966-05:002009-07-15T23:28:21.966-05:00That really is a beautiful and intriguing piece!That really is a beautiful and intriguing piece!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13569720420483740487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281883476739158489.post-67825776053857253822009-07-14T12:51:24.096-05:002009-07-14T12:51:24.096-05:00Thanks for your comments, Eva! Working for the Top...Thanks for your comments, Eva! Working for the Topkapı sounds like a dream job to me. You may be right about this being a very young, inexperienced weaver, since most weavings are far more 'perfect' in their pattern placement.<br /><br />Would be intrigued to know what your friend thinks, though doubt this piece is museum quality. But I'm not surprised that repairmen here in Selcuk do not follow today's museum politics either for vintage pieces. Perhaps they do in larger cities in Turkey where there is more awareness of the outside world?<br /><br />I'd be curious to know how your friend would make the restoration visibly different without that new work being distracting to the eye.<br />Thanks!Bazaar Bayarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00712818121398423065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281883476739158489.post-52247316564881120752009-07-14T03:06:39.163-05:002009-07-14T03:06:39.163-05:00A very good friend of mine is a professional texti...A very good friend of mine is a professional textile restorer and has done this job for more than 25 years. She worked for the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul and now for the Ethnografic Museum of Hamburg. And she explained to me that such pieces should be restored in such a way that the piece is secured, but the original parts should be visibly different from the new work. All changes are documented in a restoration record for further changes. <br />I can show these pictures to her if you like me to. <br />I have the impression that this is a learning work from a very young weaver with some space for experimenting with patterns.<br />The lady with the idea about making every repair invisible may be right, as far as restoration of new things is concerned, but she is not following today's politics of museums how to treat vintage treasures.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03005517826999307074noreply@blogger.com