THE
CONSERVATION
AND
RESTORATION
OF
THE HEREFORD SCREEN
The Hereford Screen was a star exhibit at the 1862 International Exhibition in London and was praised as "the grandest most triumphant achievement of modern architectural art", before its installation in Hereford Cathedral.
In 1967 this masterpiece of Victorian ironwork fell victim to fashionable prejudice and despite a national outcry, was dismantled. The once rusty, disintegrated pieces have now been carefully conserved, returning the screen to its former splendour.
GALLERY 114
