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

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 and 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 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