The exhibition illustrates some of the damage suffered by the pots and the methods conservators have used to repair them. |
In removing the uppermost layer of painted plaster from the cut-out chunk of wall, conservators discovered an underlying sinopia or underdrawing. |
The report is expected to be on the agenda of the next meeting of the conservators in July. |
Shallus could never have imagined that two centuries later conservators would peer through a binocular microscope to examine his pen strokes. |
For several months, conservators and curators carefully wrapped books in acid-free tissue before nestling them in Ziploc bags. |
Three years ago, 550 conservators, curators and technicians began packing 2,000 boxes using 7km of bubble wrap. |