Publications

Published

• Gill, K. (2018). ‘Learning by doing: “Working out” in craft research.’ Craft Research, Volume 9.1, 75-91.

• Gill, K. (2016) 'Making sense of a fragmentary coat found concealed within a building.' In: M.M. Brooks and D.D. Eastop (eds) Refashioning and Redress: Conserving and Displaying Dress. Los Angeles, Ca.: Getty Conservation Institute, 121-132.

• Gill, K. (2015) ‘Sharing Evidence: Documentation, Conservation and Replication of a Man’s Wool Coat with Thread-wrapped Buttons.’ Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture, Volume 13, Issue 1, 4-29.

• Gill, K. (2012) 'Images can speak louder than words. Communicating conservation effectively.' Congress proceedings The Decorative: Conservation and the Applied Arts, 24th International Congress of IIC, Vienna, Austria, September, 2012, S144 – S121.

• Gill, K. (2011) 'An evaluation of a portable X-radiographic unit for the examination of fragile upholstered furniture inside historic houses. In: K. Lohm (ed). The Forgotten History: Upholstery Conservation. Proceedings of the Forgotten History: Upholstery Conservation. Vadstena, Sweden, Linköping University, May 2005. Sweden: Linköping University, 276 - 286.

• Gill, K. (2010) 'The conservation of four 1760s chairs: revealing and reinstating original upholstery features during insitu treatment.' In: F. Lennard and P. Ewer, (eds). Textile conservation: advances in practice. Oxford: Elsevier, 171 - 180.

• Gill, K. (2009) 'When minimal intervention is not enough: deconstructing and reconstructing a sprung upholstered chair.' In: Conservation of three-dimensional textiles. Preprints of the 7th North American Textile Conservation Conference, Quebec, Canada, October 2009. (CD-Rom format)

• Gill, K. (2007) Evaluating x-radiography as a tool for examining upholstered furniture. In, O'Connor, Sonia and Brooks, Mary (eds.) X-Radiography of Textile, Dress and Related Objects. Oxford, UK, Elsevier. (Butterworth-Heinemann Series in Conservation and Museology).

• Gill, K. (2006) Tapestry as upholstery: the challanges of conserving tapestry-covered seat furniture. In, Lennard, F. and Hayward, M. (eds.) Tapestry conservation: principles and practice. Oxford, UK, Elsevier, 113-122. (Butterworth-Heinemann Series in Conservation and Museology).

• Gill, K. (2006) The care and storage of textile collections to meet the needs of conservation, research and the public. In, Toledo de Paula, T.C. (ed.) Tecidos a sua conservacao no Brasil:museus e collecoes [Textile conservation in Brazil: museums and collections]. Sao Paulo, Brazil, Museu Paulista of USP, 297-301.

• Gill, K. (2006) Upholstery conservation: the challange of accessing concealed inner structures for purposes of investigation and preservation. In, Toledo de Paula, T.C. (ed.) Tecidos e sua conservacao no Brasil: museus e collecoes [textile conservation in Brazil: museums and collections]. Sao Paulo, Brazil, Museu Paulista do USP, 245-250.

• Gill, K. and Garside, P. (2006) The H.M.S. Victory fore topsail. In, Nuttgens, F. and Jordan, M. (eds.) Big Issues. London, UK, The Institute of Conservation, 36-46.

• Gill, Kathryn (2004) The development of upholstery conservation as a practice of investigation, interpretation and preservation. Reviews in Conservation: The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 5, 3-22.

• Gill, K. and Doyal, S. (2003) Section 16.3 (Conserving other materials II) in Upholstery, part 4: conservation. In, Umney, N. and Rivers, S. (eds.) Conservation of Furniture and Other Related Wooden Objects. Oxford, UK, Butterworth-Heinemann, 721-730.

• Gill, K. and Doyal, S. (2003) Section 3 in Upholstery materials and structures: part 2: materials.In, Umney, N. and Rivers, S. (eds.) Conservation of Furniture and Related Wooden Objects. Oxford, UK, Butterworth-Heinemann, 97-123.

• Gill, K. and Doyal, S. (2003) Sections 8 and 8.12 (Deterioration of other materials and structures) in Deterioration of upholstery materials and structures part 3: deterioration. In, Umney, N. and Rivers, S. (eds.) Conservation of Furniture and Related Wooden Objects. Oxford, UK, Butterworth-Heinemann, 348-363.

• Gill, Kate and Rogerson, Cordelia (2002) Review of CDP workshop adhesives today: exploring current adhesive options and application techniques. Conservation News, (81), 17.

• Gill, K., Eastop, D.D.M. and Matsumura, M. (2002) Monitoring emissions from cellulose nitrate and cellulose acetate costume accessories: an evaluation of pH indicator dyes on paper, cotton tape and cotton threads. The Conservator, 26, 57-69.

• Gill, K. (2001) Upholstery conservation: principles and practice, Oxford, UK, Butterworth-Heinemann, 209pp. (Butterworth-Heinemann Series in Conservation and Museology)

• Gill, K. (2001) Eighteenth century close-fitting detachable covers preserved at Houghton Hall: a technical study. In, Gill, K. and Eastop, D.D.M. (eds.) Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice. London, UK, Butterworth-Heinemann, 133-143.

• Gill, K. (2001) The Ernest Race 'Heron' chair and footstool, designed c.1955: an example of conserving foam-filled upholstery. In, Gill, K. and Eastop, D.D.M. (eds.) Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice. London, UK, Butterworth-Heinemann, 13-32.

• Gill, K. (2001) The Lawrence Alma-Tadema settee, designed c.1884-85: the challenges of interpretation and replication. In, Gill, K. and Eastop, D.D.M. (eds.) Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice. London, UK, Butterworth-Heinemann, 33-43.

• Gill, K. (2001) Upholstery documentation: example of cross-section diagrams to document changes to upholstery layers before and after conservation treatment. In, Gill, K. and Eastop, D.D.M. (eds.) Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice., Butterworth-Heinemann, 181-185.

• Gill, K. and Doyal, S. (2001) Upholstery documentation: a brief object record: the Brooklyn Museum of Art easy chair. In, Gill, K. and Eastop, D.D.M. (eds.) Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice., Butterworth-Heinemann, 186-192.

• Gill, K. and Eastop, D.D.M. (2001) Upholstery conservation as a practice of preservation, investigation and interpretation. In, Gill, K. and Eastop, D.D.M. (eds.) Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice. UK, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1-12. (Butterworth - Heinemann Series in Conservation and Museology).

• Matsumura, M., Eastop, D. and Gill, K. (2002) 'Monitoring emissions from cellulose nitrate and cellulose acetate costume accessories: an evaluation of pH indicator dyes on paper, cotton tape and cotton threads.' The Conservator, 26, 32-42.

• Harrison, A. and Gill, K. (2002). 'An eighteenth century detachable pocket and baby’s cap, found concealed in a wall cavity: conservation and research.' Textile History, 33(2), 177-194.

• Gill, K. (2000) 'A 1950s Upholstered Chair: Combining the Conventional and the Innovative in both Manufacture and Conservation.' In: Conference preprints poster summary booklet Tradition & Innovation – Advances in Conservation. For the IIC 18th International Congress, 2000, Melbourne, Australia. London: IIC, 11.

• Gill, K. and Eastop, D. (1997) 'Two contrasting minimally interventive upholstery treatments: Different roles, different treatments.' In: K. Marko (ed). Textiles in Trust. Proceedings of the 1995 Symposium, National Trust, UK and Archetype, 67-77.

• Gill, K. and Boersma, F. (1997) 'Solvent reactivation of hydroxypropyl-cellulose (Klucel G) in textile conservation: recent developments.' The Conservator, 21,12-20.