Highlights in this issue
Alabaster conservation
Charlotte Hubbard, Sculpture Conservator, Conservation Department
Using the experience of the conservation of an alabaster figure, this article considers issues raised regarding its treatment.discussion relating to the degree of restoration involved.
Mind the gap: conservation of a Delftware bowl
Lorna Barnes, Ceramic Student on the RCA/V&A Conservation Course
Using extremely rudimentary conservation skills to assemble the fragments with a paste of animal glue and sawdust and it was in this form that they came to the V&A.
Frank Lloyd Wright stained glass
Drew Anderson, Stained Glass Student on the RCA/V&A Conservation Course
Frank Lloyd Wright's exhibition originally took place in Japan where a special structure was created for the display of the Kauffman office.
'It was the least unethical thing we could do'
Albert Nehere, Furniture Student on the RCA/V&A Conservation Course
This small clock highlights the decision-making process conservators enter into and the principles which they employ in that process, continuing the investigation begun in the last issue.
April 1993 Issue 07
- Editorial
- Conservation liaison: a case study
- Alabaster conservation
- Mind the gap: conservation of a Delftware bowl
- Accessories for the UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer: the external integrating head
- Frank Lloyd Wright stained glass
- 'It was the least unethical thing we could do'
- A successful double act: paintings conservation & PDP (prints, drawings and paintings) collection
- The art of natural selection