Weaving Royal Traditions Through Time Textiles and Dress at the Thai Court and Beyond 6-9 November 2013
*Program subject to change
Day 0 Tuesday 5 Nov 2013
8.00-17.00 Early Registration/Packet Pick-up Dusit Thani Bangkok
8.30-18.30 Optional: Pre-Conference Tour of Bangkok Separate registration required. To see details [click here]
Day 1 Wednesday 6 Nov 2013
08.00-17.00 Site visits to important textile collections in Bangkok not open to the general public: • An outstanding corporate collection of regional mainland Southeast Asian textiles • A unique private home and family collection of court textiles • A traditional wooden Thai house and textile collection normally not on view • A private collection of Asian and African textiles
*Lunch, refreshments, and transportation included
18.00-19.00 Welcome Reception and Early Registration/Packet Pick-up Dusit Thani Bangkok
19.00-20.00 The First Annual Professor Smitthi Siribadhra Distinguished Scholar Lecture Treasured Legacy: Textiles of the Minority Peoples of Thailand and Laos Speaker: Patricia Cheesman, Chiang Mai and Suttirat Kaewaporn, QSMT
Dinner on your own DAY 2 Thursday 7 Nov 2013 QSMT/ Dusit Thani Bangkok
07.00-08.00 Registration Desk open Refreshments
08.00 Buses depart Dusit Thani Bangkok for the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles
09.00 Welcome by Piyavara Teekara, Head Officer Private viewing of galleries, library, and education studio Guided tours of the conservation laboratory, registration facilities, and storage QSMT staff will be available for questions Refreshments will be available
12.30 Buses return to Dusit Thani Bangkok
13.30-14.30 Lunch at Dusit Thani Bangkok
14.30-15.30 Registration Desk open
15.30-15.40 Conference Call to Order Piyavara Teekara, Head Officer, QSMT
15.50 HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS MAHA CHAKRI SIRINDHORN arrives
16.00-16.20 Official Welcome Mr. Chirayu Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya, chair of the SUPPORT Foundation
16.25 Patron Address Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
17.05-17.20 Refreshments
17.20-18.20 Keynote Address Southeast Asian Court Regalia: Siamese Court Dress in a Regional Context John Guy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
18.20-18.30 Q & A
18.30-18.50 Presentation Chinese Silks: Importation and Usage at the Thai Court Paothong Tongchua, Bangkok
18.50-19.05 Q & A
Dinner on your own DAY 3 Friday 8 Nov 2013 Dusit Thani Bangkok
08.30-09.00 Registration Desk open Display and sale of books and SUPPORT products
09.00-10.00 Session I: King Rama V’s Travels and Collections (1871-1901) Chair: ML Pattaratorn Chirapravati, PhD, California State University, Sacramento
Presentation I: Western Fashion at the Court of King Rama V (r. 1868-1910) Sources and Suppliers in Singapore, Batavia, Europe and Bangkok Alisa Saisavetvaree, QSMT and Melissa Leventon, Senior Consultant, QSMT
Presentation II: The Javanese Batiks of His Majesty King Rama V: Important Evidence for Dating Sarttarat Muddin and Suttirat Kaewaporn, QSMT; Dale Carolyn Gluckman, Senior Consultant, QSMT
10.00-10.20 Refreshments
10.20-11.50 Session II: Imported Textiles for the Court Chair: Dr. Zhao Feng, China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou and Jane Purananada, Jim Thompson Foundation, Bangkok
Presentation I: Medallion Patterns on Early Medieval South and Southeast Asian Temples: A Possible Source of Thai Royal Imagery Gillian Green, University of Sydney, Australia
Presentation II: Block-printed Indian Textiles (sodagiri) for the Court of Rama V Prapassorn Posrithong, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Center, Bangkok
Presentation III: Cambodian Textiles for the Court of King Rama V Weeradhamma Taragoommgernthai, Surin; and Anucha Thirakanont, Bangkok
11.50-13.00 Ses sion III: Other Courts, Other Worlds: The Textile Heritage of Mainland Southeast Asia Chair: Prof. Vithi Phanichphant, Chiang Mai University
Presentation I: Sarasa: Indian Textiles for the Thai Market in Japan Dr. Yuzuhura Oyama, Tokyo National Museum
Presentation II: Thai Influence on Burmese Kon-baung Period Royal Costumes (1752-1885) Sylvia Fraser-Lu, Washington, D.C.
Presentation III: Court Dress, Tribute and Sumptuary Law in the Nineteenth Century Dr. Susan Conway, SOAS, London 13.00-14.30 Lunch at Dusit Thani Bangkok
14.30-15.15 Session IV: Preserving Royal Collections Chair: Julia Brennan, Senior Consultant, QSMT and Patcharawee (Jay) Tunprawat, Specialist in Cultural Heritage Management, SEAMEO-SPAFA, Bangkok
Presentation I: History and Manufacture of Thai Official Rank Robes “Sua Krui”: Case Study of Admiral du Plessis de Richelieu’s 19th c. Robe Julia Brennan and QSMT Conservation Staff Presentation II: Conserving Queen Charlotte’s Wedding Dress for Exhibition Elizabeth Thompson, Hampton Court Palace, London
Presentation III: Conservation of Grace Kelly’s Wedding Dress Sara Reiter, Philadelphia Museum of Art
15.15-15.30 Intermission
15.30-16.20 Presentation IV: Preserving the Wangchuk Dynasty’s Royal Textiles: Treatments, Display Parameters and Anoxic Storage at the National Textile Museum, Bhutan Tshering Uden Penjor, National Textile Museum, Bhutan
Presentation V: Wedding Joys and Woes: Conservation of a Peranakan Trousseau and Wedding Chamber Miki Komatsu, HCC Singapore
Questions and Discussion
17.00 Meet in Hotel Lobby and transfer to Jim Thompson House
17.45-20.00 Private view and Reception at Jim Thompson House
DAY 4 Saturday 9 Nov 2013
08.00-08.30 Refreshments Registration Desk open Display and sale of books and SUPPORT products
08.30-10.30 Session V: Dressing Royalty in the Modern World Chairs: Joanna Marschner, Kensington Palace, London and Kullawit Laosuksri, Vogue Thailand, Bangkok
Presentation I: Her Majesty Queen Sirikit and Pierre Balmain Piyavara Teekara, QSMT, and Tirapan Wannarat, Bangkok
Presentation II: Fashion Fit for a Queen: Hardy Amies, Norman Hartnell, and Queen Elizabeth II Michael Pick, London Questions and Discussion
10.30-10.45 Refreshments
10.45-11.15 Special Lecture: History of Khon Performance and its Modern Revival Anucha Thirakanont, Bangkok
11.15-12.00 Special Demonstration: Dressing Khon Performers Anucha Thirakanont, Bangkok and Weeradhamma Taragoonngernthai, Surin
12.00 Lunch at Dusit Thani Bangkok
13.00-13.15 Buses depart Dusit Thani Bangkok for Thai Cultural Centre
14.00 Arrive Thai Cultural Centre
14.00-17.00 Khon performance
17.30 Buses depart Thai Cultural Centre for Farewell Reception
18.30-20.30 Farewell Reception