Highlights in this issue
Conservation of the Portuguese Centrepiece
Diana Heath, Head of Metalwork Conservation, Conservation Department
The Portuguese Service was presented in 1816 to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, to honour him for leading the armies of the Triple Alliance (Spain, Portugal and Great Britain) to victory against the French forces of Napoleon in the Peninsular War (1808-14).
Conservation of Lord Leighton's Spirit Frescoes 'War' and 'Peace'
Stephen Rickerby, Private Wall Painting Conservator
The spirit frescoes were painted by Frederic, Lord Leighton in the late 19th century as the crowning achievement of the South Court of the South Kensington Museum and were conserved to mark the centenary of his death in 1996. The paintings were not only ambitious in scope but also experimental in their technique
The Conservation of a Fourteenth Century Chasuble
Albertina Cogram, Textiles Conservator, Conservation Department
Chasubles are worn by officiating priests during the celebration of mass; the fabric for this chasuble was woven in Lucca, Italy and dates from about 1380. Conservation treatment on it began in 1987 and was finally completed in 1995.
The Conservation of the Portrait Bust of Giovanni de'Medici (later Pope Leo X)
Alexandra Kosinova, Senior Sculpture Conservator, Conservation Department
The Cardinal Giovanni de'Medici bust is a rare example of a Renaissance terracotta portrait bust which has retained its original paint, as many were stripped during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Autumn 1995 Issue 17
- Editorial
- Conservation of the Portuguese Centrepiece
- Conservation of Lord Leighton's Spirit Frescoes 'War' and 'Peace'
- The Conservation of a Fourteenth Century Chasuble
- The Conservation of the Portrait Bust of Giovanni de'Medici (later Pope Leo X)
- Review: Conservation of Leathercraft and Related Objects
- Review: Ethics in America
- Conservation Course Study Trip Berlin 1995