by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
December 2013 Conservation of Blaschka Glass Models In the current Norwich Castle exhibition “Curiosity – Art and the Pleasures of Knowing”, there is an extraordinary collection of 19th century glass models of marine specimens on loan from the National Museum of Wales...
by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
November 2013 The textiles recently installed in the “Frayed: Textiles on the Edge” exhibition at Time & Tide Museum, Great Yarmouth, have been conserved and prepared by Deborah Phipps over the past summer months. There are 50 individual textiles (including all...
by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
October 2013 The ‘Masterpieces: Art and East Anglia’ Exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (SCVA), opened on the 14th September, and celebrates the artistic heritage of East Anglia from antiquity through to the present day. This ambitious project includes...
by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
September 2013 Storing a Parasol, Sunshade and Umbrella Collection The Costume & Textile Collections at Shirehall Study Centre, include over 100 parasols, umbrellas and sunshades from the early 1800s to the 1960s. Some are extremely fragile with delicate silk,...
by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
July 2013 Over the last few months, the Conservation Department has been preparing objects for Thetford Ancient House Museum’s exhibition ‘Lost Tudor Sculptures’. The stonework, a mixture of sculpted figures and architectural fragments, are from monuments planned by...
