Highlights in this issue
Working with students on collection condition surveys at Blythe House
Alison Richmond, Conservator, Paper Section, Conservation Department
Students from the Camberwell College of Art (BA in Paper Conservation) carried out condition surveys on the Theatre Museum's paper objects at Blythe House.
Conservation & rotating displays in the Nehru Gallery of Indian art
Deborah Swallow, Curator, Indian & South-East Asian Collection
Conserving and rotating material in the Nehru Gallery of Indian Art allows much more of the Indian and South-East Asian Collection to be on public display.
The Raphael cartoons for the Vatican tapestries: conservation treatments past & proposed
John Wagstaff, Head of Paper Section, Conservation Department
The acceptance, in 1865, of 7 designs for tapestries by Raphael was an important land-mark in the Museum's history. The task of their protection and conservation has been a formidable one.
Exchange visit to the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Pauline Webber, Senior Conservator, Paper Section, Conservation Department
In October 1991, Pauline Webber (Senior Conservator) had the opportunity to see the world's largest collection of Asian art at the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
October 1992 Issue 05
- Editorial
- Working with students on collection condition surveys at Blythe House
- The AMECP project: prevention is better than cure
- Conservation & rotating displays in the Nehru Gallery of Indian art
- The Raphael cartoons for the Vatican tapestries: conservation treatments past & proposed
- Exchange visit to the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
- A review of the interim symposium of the ICOM leather & related materials group
- Closed for summer or shuttered for good? The RCA/V&A conservation course study trip 1992