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How to Replicate a Long-Lost Patterned Fabric

Adam Savage teams up with National Park Service Museum Conservation Lab fellows Daisy Greenwell and Maeve O’Shea to tackle the restoration of a rare, patterned velvet upholstery from Thomas Edison’s historic armchairs. By combining macro photography, custom sheet-brass stencils and careful jeweler’s-saw work, they recreate every floral motif and textural detail of the original fabric.

Despite the lab’s lease being abruptly cut then briefly extended, the team’s creative, cross-disciplinary approach proves that even complex textile conservation can be achieved with everyday tools and a bit of ingenuity.

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