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.…
Book release: History of Paper in Iran, 1501–1925.
Willem Floor & Amelie Couvrat Desvergnes, Mage Publishers, 2022. The black and white hardcopy is available here The kindle full colour version is available on…
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Mounting a double-sided folio in hyperlapse
For each drawing and painting, I make a float mount using a sheet of Japanese paper in which a window is cut to allow viewing…
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The mounting of a painting with dust-cover using photo-corners: a longing heroine braves the storm
The project on the Pahari works of the Museum Volkenkunde is going well. I am currently mounting the 134 paintings and drawings using methods tailored…
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…
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…
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…
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