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An ecclesiastical banner (probably 19th C) with appliquéd Saint motif with painted head and hands, metal braid edging and metal fringing decorating each side.
An ecclesiastical banner (probably 19th C) with appliquéd Saint motif with painted head and hands, metal braid edging and metal fringing decorating each side.
ZTC had the pleasure of working on a double sided polychrome silk embroidered Chinese wall hanging (86cm x 460cm) from Alphonse Mucha’s studio, which we conserved and for provided a storage and travelling mount and box.
Treatment is now complete on a decadent aubergine silk man’s smoking jacket from Manchester Art Gallery for their exhibition Dandy Style opening on 4th February 2021. The conservation was undertaken by Jamie Robinson and was generously funded by the Costume Society’s own Elizabeth Hammond Conservation Grant to ensure the jacket’s longevity on and after display. …
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“The word of the day is lambrequin”, was one of the comments on our Facebook page in response to a posting about the conservation of the Leeds Castle Drawing Room lambrequin. A lambrequin is a short piece of decorative drapery, in this case hung below the elaborate cornice of the Drawing Room over the top …
The project in detail Kedleston Hall is coming to the end of a huge restoration project of the state interiors, a project that has been ongoing since the National Trust acquired the house in the late 1980s. The state bed is one of the last pieces in this jigsaw of work which aims to restore …