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Looking Into Our American Chairs

X-rays can reveal a broken bone, but they can also give us information about what is happening inside inanimate objects.

By Catherine Coueignoux

Article Conservation Behind the scenes American art
How to Defy Gravity

Textile conservation looks at the ideal way to display a dip-dyed and hand-painted Moroccan woman’s headcover, or adghar ibrdane tasslit.

By Anne Getts

Article Behind the scenes Costume + textile arts
Playing with Food (for Art and Science)

Our paper conservation team set up a screen-printing station to investigate prints Ed Ruscha made with foods, including Heinz Baked Beans and caviar.

Video Conservation Behind the scenes
Ironing out Wrinkles and Fixing Earthquake Faults

When Alan Sonfist’s work came to the Paintings Conservation department for treatment, my first thought was: This graphite drawing on canvas is more a drawing on a textile than it is a painting.

By José Luis Lazarte

Article Conservation Behind the scenes
Interview with Alexander Barantschik

Article European decorative arts Behind the scenes
The Inner Workings of a Bolivian Monedero

It’s not just a simple knit 1, purl 2 project. Instead, it should carry the warning, “Requires Expert Supervision.”

By Sarah Gates

Article Behind the scenes Costume + textile arts Conservation
Hats Off!

Article Costume + textile arts Conservation Behind the scenes
The Secret Russian

It had been sitting in the dark for years, unremarked upon. Its swirl of freshwater pearls, the imperial double eagle on the front, the decoration of thick gold braid on red velvet; none of it was included in the simple description — “Woman’s F

Article Conservation
Definitely Not Boring Brown: The Legion of Honor’s BVRB Writing Table

In this post from the objects conservation lab, Catherine Coueignoux discusses a decorative technique known as marquetry used in the making of an 18th-century French writing table.

By Catherine Coueignoux

Article European decorative arts
A Conservation Triumph: 1994 – 2013

Article Conservation European decorative arts
FRAME|WORK: Untitled (Portals of the Past) by Arnold Genthe

Genthe documented haunting scenes during the 1906 earthquake.

Article Works on paper Photography
“Bird” Bath: The Conservation of a William Morris Textile

Article Conservation Costume + textile arts Behind the scenes

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