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Highlights in this issue
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The new paintings galleries
Nicola Costaras, Head Painting Conservator
The New Paintings Galleries at the V& A have just opened to the public. The practical conservation of the paintings started exactly a year ago in November 2002. One hundred and sixty-seven of the 200 oil paintings on display required some work and we had just under one year in which to complete it.
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The conservation of three gilded frames for the new paintings galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Barbara Dabrowa, Conservator-Frames, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
To treat three of the more severely damaged gilded frames I combined traditional methods, for preparing the surface for gilding, with non-traditional gilding methods.
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An introduction to gemmology
Joanna Whalley, Senior Metalwork Conservator
At the V& A, some of the gem materials have never been professionally assessed and may have been labelled incorrectly, if labelled at all. Theory and practical examinations were successfully completed in March 2003.
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An Indian painting workshop led by Shammi Bannu
Mike Wheeler, Senior Paper Conservator
Shammi Bannu is a renowned master artist in India with a very long family tradition of miniature painting which stretches back several hundred years. He was invited to England to demonstrate painting techniques.
Spring 2004 Issue 46
- Editorial
- The new paintings galleries
- The cleaning of two paintings by Turner
- The conservation of three gilded frames for the new paintings galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum
- An introduction to gemmology
- Restructuring of the Department
- Staff development in conservation issues
- CoSHH does work
- The OCEAN project at the V&A
- An Indian painting workshop led by Shammi Bannu
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