DONATIONS & HOW WE HELP...

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​Costume and Textile Association members have contributed more than £120,000 to enable the Norfolk Museums Service to improve and extend its costume and textile collection.  

This list is a reminder of the valuable role that C&TA continues to play.

Click here to see more images and further detail about some of the items, including a Dutch skirt made of Norwich fabric, souvenirs of the 2012 Olympics, and work done by prisoners from the 19th century.
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• 2022 Purchase of Norwich Shawl £300. Liberty Opera Cape £350.   Purchase of Dove Dress £55.  Clabburn silk repurposed shawl/cape £200 plus conservation and box for storage £200.  Book relating to Gertrude Jekyll £20.69.
• 2021 Conservation of one of the Bellaraphon Tapestries £6,171.35. Contribution towards Textile Treasures Exhibition £2,045.
• 2017 Conservation of the Le Genereux Ensign for the Nelson exhibition - £5,000. Pictured: The ensign laid out for conservation in St Andrew's Hall, Norwich. This shows the sheer scale of the flag.​
• 2016: The Arts of Living Gallery rotation project - £4,782, Callimanco & pelmet, Strangers Hall - £1,868, Donation of exhibition item to Shire Hall - £400, June Croll shawl.
• 2015: Strangers Hall Conservation Project - £10,000.

• 2014: Lorina Bulwer sampler, conservation of feathered items for the Wonder of Birds exhibition - £5,110;  Dalmatic - £5,000, Two contemporary items from C&TA's 25th year Anniversary Competition.
• 2013:  Total - £10,964.40: Olympic costumes, NUA Digital printed scarf competition, C&TA/NUA event and awards, plus silk scarf donated to NMAS, NUA fashion student Costume Society Symposium bursary Bridewell loom project, Fine Cell Work items (Fine Cell Work is a charity which makes handmade items in British prisons), Sarah Impey Quilt, Conservation of Newgate Quilt​​
• 2012: Roller racking at Shirehall; mannequins - £4,000

• 2009/10: Shirehall library shelves - £14,000
• 2008/9: Display cases for shoe exhibition, drawer display cases - £14,000
• 2007/8: Norwich Dutch skirt, Books for Shirehall Library - £1,850
• 2006/7: Books for Shirehall Library, Shawl, Shawl for Bridewell - £3,893.44
• 2005/6: Embroidery magazine, Shawl, Books for Shirehall Library - £2,131.21
• 2004/5: Travel expenses expert for Brereton hangings, Donation towards Lady Paine's Bedroom, Loom, Curtains - £2,892.87
• 2003/4: Library books, Bookbinding, Digital camera, Ebbage clothes, Shawls and clothes - £3,454.99
• 2001/2: Purchase from Mundesley Lifeboat shop, Nch City Exhibition - £260
• 2000/1: Shawl counterpane, hanging, book - £850.95
• 1999/2000: Shawl conservation - £570.71
• 1998/9: Norwich Society, Whiffler costumes; Shawl counterpane conservation; Display & storage equipment; Norwich embroidered shawl, Victorian dress & riding habit;  Catalogue - total £7,225.00
• 1997/8: Shawl Counterpane Conservation - £5,000
• 1995/6: Timothy Colman Trust, Shawl Counterpane Conservation, general costs  - £1,456.52 
• 1994/5: “Style & Splendour” Exhibition and book “The Norwich Shawl” - £2,010.34 
• 1993/4: Norwich Shawl c1845 - £54

Dressing gown made from a woven shawl c. 1870s and worn by Mrs Jeary in Norwich, features Japanese style gilt buttons;

Le Genereaux Ensign laid out for conservation in St Andrew's Hall, Norwich.

ABOVE: Images from the Arts of Living Gallery
rotation project - £4,782 donation 2016

June Croll shawl -2016

An embroidery by Lorina Bulwer, of Great Yarmouth, made in the Yarmouth workhouse

Items from the Arts of Living gallery exhibits ​donated by C&TA in 2016: dress and Norwich shawl, c. 1830s, dress in printed cotton with shawl motifs and woollen draw-loom woven shawl.

Samples of Norwich silk, late 19th century.