Dating to the 1590s, this scheme, which survives within a Grade II listed building in Evesham, is a remarkably complete example of vernacular domestic wall painting of the period. Characteristic of a decorative tradition found in English [...]
I recently undertook a survey of the remarkable wall paintings at The Painted Room - a rare survival of domestic Elizabethan decoration dating to around 1570–1580. The room originally formed part of the historic Crown Tavern, reputedly visited [...]
I undertook two phases of work at a grade II* listed 17th century Cotswold manor house in spring and summer 2022, following a conservation assessment of the wall paintings in the western of the manor house’s two gatehouses [...]
I have just completed a phase of conservation work at Magdalen College Oxford’s historic Dining Hall. I was asked to undertake the conservation treatment of three historically fascinating areas of C16th carved and painted panelling set within [...]
As well as the non invasive analytical methods already mentioned in this blog (Non Invasive Diagnostics For Paintings) when appropriate, and where traditional sampling can be undertaken, pigment identification through polarized light microscopy is a particularly helpful as [...]
Further to the project to create an affordable system of multispectral imaging available to all conservators mentioned here previously, A New Initiative, I came across this very good presentation of a paper on ASORtv, by Caroline Roberts. It [...]
