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.
- 2023 C&TA purchased the McEwan Shawl and two theatrical additions to the costume and textile collections of Norfolk Museum Services: A luxurious Liberty & Co velvet opera gown, and a fancy dress costume from around the 1960s in the style of Carmen Miranda.
- 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