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Greta Putnam

Blog posts

Greta Putnam is mentioned in the following blog posts

An ornament to the churchyard
Posted by Katrina Finch
on April 15th, 2020
Montenegrin translation of ‘Caring for Textiles’, Sep 2015
Posted by Katrina Finch
on March 9th, 2019

Features

Greta Putnam is mentioned in the following articles, papers, interviews or tributes

Interview
A Life Journey: Interview 6

Conducted December 9th, 2010

Karen speaks about her career after moving to England

Interview
A Life Journey: Interview 8

Conducted February 11th, 2011

Karen discusses a selection of photos from her early life

Tribute
Account of OBE day
By Greta Putnam
1976
Interview
FAIC Oral History Interview: Session 2

Conducted July 17th, 1985

Karen discusses life at the V&A, and writing the memorandum

Interview
FAIC Oral History Interview: Session 3

Conducted July 18th, 1985

Karen speaks about establishing the Textile Conservation Centre at Hampton Court Palace

Article/Paper
How it all began: A life in textile conservation
By Karen Finch
First published 2011 in Costume vol. 45
Tribute
Program for Karen Finch’s trip to Western Australia
July, 1990
Article/Paper
Report on the Reference Collection of the Textile Conservation Centre
By Karen Finch
December, 1987
Article/Paper
The beginning of the Textile Conservation Centre
By Karen Finch
June 24th, 1999
Tribute
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the TCC
By Linda Eaton, Dinah Eastop and Nell Hoare
First published July, 1995 in Conservation News no. 57

Karen Finch Textiles

Celebrating the life and career of Karen Finch OBE

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