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Winterthur/ University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation

August 2022 - May 2022
Second-Year Treatment Projects

Primary Supervisors 

Lauren Fair, WUDPAC Affiliated Associate Professor, Objects Conservator

Lara Kaplan, WUDPAC Affiliated Assistant Professor, Objects Conservator

Below are the major treatment projects assigned as part of the second-year curriculum. Please click the "Learn More" buttons for more information on each project. 

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BAY STATE DECORATIVE COLORGUIDE

Wood, metal, woven textile, glass, paint, printing ink. 1930s. Wadsworth Holland & Co. of Boston, MA. Collection of Winterthur Archives. 

Key treatment skill: Establishing preventive conservation considerations.

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THE SEVEN CRONES

Mixed media including four-ply museum board, book cloth, fabric, Rives BFK paper, rice paper, twigs, beads, plastic, twine, thread, organic fibers (est. raffia), feathers, floss, wire, watercolors, acrylic paint, tissue, wood, glue, and found objects. 1998. Martina Johnson-Allen. African Art Museum of Philadelphia. 

Key treatment skill: Conducting an artist interview to inform treatment decisions.

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BOWL 

Slip decorated pearlware. 1800-1820. Staffordshire, England. Collection of Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.

Key treatment skill: Complex ceramics stain reduction.

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CANDLESTICKS

Silverplate on brass, glass (leaded), and plaster. 1849-1880. John Sherwood & Sons, Birmingham, UK. Collection of Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.

Key treatment skill: Silver polishing and lacquering.

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NEIGHBORING PEWS

Plaster, ferrous alloy armature zinc, and lithopone paint. 1884. John Rogers. Collection of Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.

Key treatment skill: Group treatment, friable paint consolidation.

SIAPO

Mulberry fiber, organic dyes. mid 19th century- 1920 (est.). Samoan (est.). Collection of Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.

Key treatment skill: Group treatment, tape removal from a delicate surface.

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