Highlights in this issue
A souvenir from Guangzhou
Pauline Webber, Head of Paper, Book & Paintings Conservation
Very few export paintings of this type remain in the collections in Guangzhou; consequently they are regarded with great interest by Chinese scholars as an invaluable documentation of the history, activities and socio-cultural exchanges that took place around the Pearl River Delta during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
An away day to Belgium: Washing tapestries
Frances Hartog, Senior Textiles Conservator
On a bright sunny day in June the Textile Conservation Section set off on an away-day to Belgium to witness the washing of a tapestry. We hope to employ the process on objects for the new Medieval & Renaissance Galleries.
Nasrid plasterwork: symbolism, materials & techniques
Victor Borges, Senior Sculpture Conservator
As part of the display for the new Architecture Gallery, to represent the art in architecture within the Spanish Islamic style, five fragments of plasterwork from the Alhambra Palace were selected from the V& A Collection.
Mixed media object: large and fragile structure
Sofia Marques, Sculpture Conservator
The architectural model of the Tower of the Captive in the Alhambra's palace, Granada, will be one of the many curious objects selected for the Architectural Gallery.
Autumn 2004 Issue 48
- Editorial
- A souvenir from Guangzhou
- Conservation Department seminar report
- An away day to Belgium: Washing tapestries
- Yomeimon of Toshogu
- Nasrid plasterwork: symbolism, materials & techniques
- Mixed media object: large and fragile structure
- Planning and estimating
- RCA/V&A Postgraduate Conservation Programme
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