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With AI and old-fashioned sleuthing, the Gardner Museum solves a new mystery

Conservators wanted to return a set of chairs to the original upholstery chosen by the museum’s founder. But all they had ...
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Changing views of textile conservation / edited by Mary M. Brooks, Dinah D. Eastop

Part I. Beginnings. The restoration of the tapestries (1971) / Wendy Hefford ; John Bottiger : keeper of textiles (1988) / Stig Fogelmarck ; Eighty years of pietas (1988) / Inger Estham ; "Workshop ...
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A Rare 15th-Century Black Book of Hours Is Getting a Long-Awaited Restoration

The recipient of this year's TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund, the manuscript will be taken apart and photographed for posterity. Horae beatae marie secundum usum curie romane of Black Book of Hours (ca.
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The conservation of antiquities and works of art: treatment, repair and restoration [by] H. J. Plenderleith and A. E. A. Werner

Introduction : the influence of environment -- Organic materials. Animal skin and skin products -- Papyrus, parchment, and paper -- Prints, drawings, and manuscripts -- Textiles -- Wood -- Bone and ...