Samed Ercan

• Responsible for condition assessment, treatment prioritisation, and conservation planning of fragile and composite textile objects.
• Conducting condition assessments and contributing to conservation treatment planning for fragile textile objects.
• Development of, and decision-making regarding, reversible and ethical treatment methodologies in line with museum standards.
• Active involvement in preventive conservation strategy, including storage systems, handling protocols, and environmental risk management.
• Preparation and implementation of a storage reorganisation project, including preventive conservation measures and collection management improvements.
• Collaboration with curatorial and exhibition teams for exhibition planning, mounting solutions, and display decision processes.

• Undertook documentation and conservation work on a 19th-century silk costume.
• Supported research and condition reporting of historical textile objects.
• Assisted in storage design and loan preparation for fragile textile materials.
• Worked with museum database systems (TMS).
• Participated in the examination and documentation of Josephine Powell’s kilims.

Contributed to High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) analysis of dyes in historical textile samples at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara University.

• Contributed to design development processes, including design research and collection preparation.
• Worked on pattern making processes, including both manual and computer-aided design (CAD) pattern development and grading.
• Assisted in sample garment development and supported coordination between design and atelier production stages.
• Independently designed, developed patterns for, and produced a costume in the atelier.