Highlights in this issue
Costume cleaning conundrums
Frances Hartog, Senior Textile Conservator
In preparation for The Golden Age of Couture , an extremely rare costume by Christian Dior was brought into the Textile Conservation Studio for treatment
Observations on the causes of flaking in East Asian lacquer structures
Nanke Schellmann, PhD Student, Dresden University of Fine Arts and V&A Mazarin Chest Project*
East Asian lacquer is known to be a strong (flexible though rigid) material featuring firm cohesion and good adhesion between individually applied layers
Conservation of a ninth-century bowl from Iraq
Hanneke Ramakers, Ceramics and Glass Conservator
Due in part to the technological milestones illustrated by the treatment of this bowl, it will feature in the touring exhibition Masterpieces in Ceramics from the V& A, which will travel worldwide during 2008-9.
A forthcoming technical publication of Renaissance frames at the V&A
Christine Powell, Senior Gilded Furniture and Frames Conservator Zoë Allen , Gilded Furniture and Frames Conservator
Digital image reconstruction may be used for some frames to demonstrate how the original decoration appeared.
Autumn 2008 Issue 56
- Editorial Comment - Conservation Journal 56
- Displaying stained glass in a museum
- Resources vs access: meeting the challenge
- Costume cleaning conundrums
- Digital Killed the Analogue Star! Care of V&A collection based carrier and machine assisted media
- Observations on the causes of flaking in East Asian lacquer structures
- Practical ethics
- Mount making for the Medieval & Renaissance exhibition tour
- SurveNIR project: non-destructive characterisation of historical paper
- The reconstruction of the materials and techniques of Nicholas Hilliard’s portrait miniatures
- Conservation of a ninth-century bowl from Iraq
- Renaissance painted cassoni
- A forthcoming technical publication of Renaissance frames at the V&A
- Conservation webs
- RCA/V&A Conservation: In-post MA for conservation professionals
- Printer friendly version