Highlights in this issue
Working for Diaghilev
Lynda Hillyer, Head Textile Conservator
The world of Diaghilev still captures the imagination. During the course of the survey and the conservation work for this loan, many visitors came to see the costumes.
Pugin's wallpapers from The Grange
Susan Catcher, Paper Conservator Lucia Burgio, Object Analysis Scientist
The Grange was originally designed for and by A.W.N. Pugin incorporating one-off designs of floor tiles, stained glass and wallpaper, featuring his personal emblem, a bird.
The Castellani diadem
Joanna Whalley, Senior Metalwork Conservator
An x-ray was taken to aid in the understanding of the construction and later repairs of the tube frame. Pure gold is consistently malleable and easily reshaped.
Conservation of a tortoiseshell book cover
Karen Vidler, Book Conservator
Little is known about the use of tortoiseshell as a book binding material. The use of tortoiseshell as a book cover became popular in the 17th and 18th century.
Summer 2005 Issue 50
- Editorial
- Rising damp - a history of the Conservation Department
- V&A Conservation on the world wide web: a secondment to the V&A web team
- The ethics checklist - ten years on
- Plastics preservation at the V&A
- Working for Diaghilev
- Pugin's wallpapers from The Grange
- Prevention is better than the cure
- Research
- The Castellani diadem
- In pursuit of a clear answer: An Exhibition Road partnership
- Investigation of the room temperature corrosion of replica museum glass
- Professional collaboration - the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India
- V&A/RIBA partnership
- Picture and mirror frames: Reflections on treatment past, present and future
- A simple solution?
- Appendix 1: Victoria & Albert Museum Conservation Department Ethics Checklist
- Conservation of a tortoiseshell book cover
- The hand that rocks the cradle: Conservation administration, present and future
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