From the working bench to the display case
The conservation of the interior model of the Museum of Islamic Art by I.M. Pei. From 2012 to 2016 I worked as a paper and…
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The conservation of a 18th-century heraldic drawing.
I recently conserved an eighteenth-century heraldic drawing from the KB-nationale Bibliotheek in The Hague showing the arms of Simon Iohan Steelant (left) and Cecilia Geertruij…
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025
2024 was full of great professional achievements and conservation projects, but most importantly, 2024 was the year of reunions with old friends and colleagues and…
The enigmatic representation of an ascetic mocking a dandy.
Paper conservation often leads to the discovery of fascinating objects. Take this rather enigmatic depiction on this folio from the Wereldmuseum in Leiden (inventory number…
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THE CONSERVATION OF A FRANCISCAN REGISTER.
The Beit Gazo conservation centre has been entrusted with the conservation of a register of baptisms, marriages and deaths from the Latin community of Saida…
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THE CONSERVATION OF A MANUSCRIPT COPIED AND ILLUSTRATED BY YUSUF AL-MUSAWWIR IN ALEPPO.
The manuscript 441 from the Oriental Library of Saint Joseph’s University in Beirut was entrusted to the Beit Gazo center for conservation last October. This book is…
LA RESTAURATION DU MANUSCRIT SYRIAQUE 59 DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE ORIENTALE DE L’UNIVERSITÉ SAINT JOSEPH DE BEYROUTH
Follow the conservation treatment of the fascinating Syriac grammar manuscript dating from the 18th century and preserved in the Bibliothèque Orientale of Saint Joseph University…
The art of borders in Pahari paintings: description and conservation
Unlike the Mughal miniatures which were framed with sumptuous borders made of gold-flecked, painted, gilded and marbled paper, the borders of the Pahari works were…
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Street vendors and book peddlers: the conservation of an almanac from 1881
A few years ago I had to conserve this badly damaged Gil Blas Almanac from 1881. The word Almanac was borrowed from medieval Latin almanac…
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Online lecture on my ongoing conservation and research project (Tuesday 13th December 2022)
Next Tuesday, I will give an online lecture on my project to research and conserve the Pahari drawing and painting collection of the Museum Volkenkunde.…
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