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3/14/2019

behind the scenes , conservation , Terrace Cafe , Dollyver

The museum’s Terrace Café will make you a beautiful meal, but this week, they also lent a hand to conservation!

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3/7/2019

behind the scenes , conservation , Metropolitan Museum of Art , Nabataean Shrine

Earlier this month our objects conservator and one of our mount makers traveled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC to install our Nabataean Shrine for the first time in 15 years!

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2/28/2019

behind the scenes , conservation , paintings , Frank Duveneck , Ralston Crawford , Walter Elmer Schofield

By complete coincidence, three very large ships were recently at anchor in the paintings conservation studio.

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2/14/2019

behind the scenes , conservation , Paris 1900: City of Entertainment , Palais Galliera

Special guests are arriving at the Cincinnati Art Museum this week as we work on installation of Paris 1900: City of Entertainment!

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2/7/2019

behind the scenes , conservation , archaeology

This pair of 12th-13th C Chinese funerary jar are currently in the objects conservation lab.

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1/31/2019

behind the scenes , conservation , paintings , Walter Elmer Schofield , The Landing Stage at Boulogne

One of the many examination techniques used when planning a paintings conservation treatment is raking light, where a light placed at one side of the painting and the light “rakes” across the surface.

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1/24/2019

behind the scenes , conservation , Art Academy of Cincinnati , Cincinnati Artists

Benn Pitman’s Design for a Circular Plate is an example of a preparatory drawing the artist created for a carving.

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1/10/2019

behind the scenes , conservation , X-ray , cuneiform tablets

In December our objects conservator traveled to Baker Hughes GE Inspection Technologies to get an in-depth look at some of our cuneiform tablets.

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12/20/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , paintings , treatment

This little dish of rusty tacks shows why paintings conservators should keep their tetanus shots up to date!

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12/13/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , folding fan , The Lady's Adviser

Conservation treatments of the fans for the new installation The Lady’s Adviser: Love and Courting on Folding Fans is complete.

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12/6/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , Iris van Herpen , Fashion Arts & Textiles

It's the holidays and a special delivery came for the Fashion and Textile Arts Collection!

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11/15/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , paintings , landscapes , Frank Duveneck

This little painting measures around 5 by 8 inches.

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11/6/2018

behind the scenes , paper conservation , fashion accessories

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10/31/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , The Fabric of India , Victoria and Albert Museum

This object, a talismanic shirt (India, 15th-16th century), was conserved by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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10/25/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , alabastron , alabaster , Greek

This 5th C Greek alabastron made of alabaster, has been in the objects conservation lab for repair.

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10/17/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , folk art , painting

Our paintings conservator has been removing a thick grime layer from this recently acquired folk art painting.

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10/11/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , Capital of Quebec , Franz Xaver Habermann

The prints for New World Views are now on view, but before they were matted, framed and hung, the prints spent time in the Paper Lab.

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10/4/2018

Dollyver , behind the scenes , conservation

This week in textile conservation we did a load of laundry: doll clothes from the Dollyver family set of dolls currently undergoing conservation treatment.

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9/20/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , Peter Paul Rubens , Samson and Delilah

The oil sketch is one of a few paintings in our collection that is framed in a special sealed-environment package.

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9/6/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , doll , Dollyver

You may have seen a post about this doll a few weeks ago when her costume was undergoing treatment in the textile conservation lab.

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8/23/2018

Zaragoza , retablo of saint peter , behind the scenes , conservation

A few weeks ago our paintings conservator teamed with our expert Installation Department to return Zaragoza’s “Retablo of Saint Peter” to its gallery after conservation.

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8/16/2018

behind the scenes , Collecting Calligraphy , Qur'ran , paper conservation

This page from a Qur’an was written in the 13th century in Spain.

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8/9/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , textiles , miniatures , fabric

A visit to the workbench in textile conservation today might feel a little like visiting a fashion studio--in miniature.

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8/2/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , Nabataean Shrine

Our objects conservator has been working with Andy Wolf, an intern from NYU’s graduate training program.

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7/26/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , paintings , John H. Twachtman , painting treatment

Our paintings conservator has been examining this little painting by John. H. Twachtman.

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7/19/2018

conservation , Collecting Calligraphy , Qur'ran , paper conservation , behind the scenes

ur paper conservator is spending the summer looking very closely at intriguing documents that will soon be on view in Collecting Calligraphy: Arts of the Islamic World.

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7/12/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , installation , rug , innovations in weaving

Take a peek behind the scenes—or under the rug, in this case!

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7/3/2018

conservation , X-ray , behind the scenes

A few weeks ago when we had our GE digital x-ray demo running in the Conservation department, our objects conservator brought in the spectacular Railway Engine Coffeemaker for imaging.

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6/27/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , Zaragoza , retablo of saint peter , X-ray

Here’s a detail of one of the paintings from Zaragoza’s “Retablo of Saint Peter.” At left is the same detail in normal light, after conservation.

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6/21/2018

behind the scenes , conservation , Gutenberg

While in Houston for the annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC), our paper conservator had the opportunity to use her expertise to help a small museum.