Do you know fingernail calligraphy?
or Khatt-i nakhuni ...? Publication of the online article: Nail and Griffin on Paper: Exploring a fingernail calligraphy album from twentieth-century Iran in collaboration with…
New article publication
After three years for research, writing and editing, I am proud to announce that our article on the painting from Genisa Ter Borch, an Iranian…
Tools and tips for the conservation of Indian miniature paintings
The nanomister I recently purchased this device and am very happy with it. There are literally thousands of models online, so it's hard to find…
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Souvenir from an imaginary city: decrypting and conserving an enigmatic urban depiction from nineteenth-century northern India.
My thanks go to Shivani Sud for her opinion on the possible origin of this painting. Shivani is currently preparing her upcoming PhD dissertation, "The…
Sketches and doodles from Himalaya
The beauty of drawings epitomizes the artist’s first intention and his immediate gesture. A simple of sheet of paper conveys an array of small sketches,…
Lecture at the study day Histoire du papier et de la papeterie, actualités de la recherche, Paris October 13th.
On October 13th, I had the great opportunity to present my ongoing project on the north-western drawings from the Museum Volkenkunde. During the study day…
Our new article is out ! An Iranian Youth in an Album from Zwolle, in Rijksmuseum Bulletin Vol. 68 (2020)/3.
Jan de Hond, Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes, Leila Sauvage, Forough Sajadi and Paolo D' Imporzano After two years of research (on and off), I am so…
First encounter with the birds: research and conservation of a series of bird drawings from the Museum Volkenkunde
The collection of 24 drawings held at the Museum Volkenkunde depicts various birds from the western foothills of Himalaya, in the today-states of Himachal Pradesh…
Publication of my new article ‘Indian Drawings from the Rijksmuseum: an insight into their production, purpose and their significance’
in Unexpected fame: Conservation approaches to the preparatory object. Proceedings from the International Conference of the Icon Book & Paper Group, Oxford 1–2 October 2018…
A forthcoming conservation and research project on Pahari and Punjabi drawings and paintings from the Volkenkunde Museum in Leiden.
When the lockdown is over, hopefully at the beginning of June, I will be starting a conservation and research project at the Volkenkunde Museum in…
Amélie Conservation 
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