SDC conducted its webinar No. 11 on 12 November 2020 which was attended by over 280 registrants from 18 countries. Ms.Tracy Cochrane, Marketing Director, SDC chaired the webinar No. 11 and introduced the presenter Dr.Anita Quaye and finished with Q & A. Anita shared her findings on behalf of her research colleagues and how and why this amazing archive came to be recognised by the United Nations. Excerpts follow: Dr.Anita Quaye is presently Senior Lecturer in Conservation Science and Head, History of Art. Graduated from the Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow with a chemistry degree and forensic toxicology doctorate, worked for National Museums Scotland in the Department of Conservation and Analytical Research and on the Royal Museum Project for 20 years. Her heritage science research of natural and synthetic dyed textiles in archives and museums is combined with chromatographic analysis with their materials, decorative art, and technical histories. Anita especially is interested in eighteenth and nineteenth century dyeing manuals and pattern books like those in the Bradford College Textile Archive, and her investigations included the chemical diversity of early triarylmethane dyes besides recognising the importance of the Crutchley Archive and research on it.
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