Conference on upholstery

The Forgotten History, May 12th-13th 2005
Upholstery Conservation/History Conference
Vadstena, Sweden

This Upholstery Conference in Vadstena will be the first
international one held in Europe and also the first one to focus on
The Upholstery History.

Upholstery History regarding materials and techniques used in
upholstery work around the world is almost a completely unexplored
area. The knowledge of material and techniques used during different
periods however exists.

The aim of this conference is to gather professionals and their
knowledge from different countries with focus on the upholstery
history and this will hope-fully be the beginning of a new research
area within decorative arts.

The positive response to the call for papers made us convinced that
the conference will give the participants the opportunity to listen
to interesting presentations, to exchange opinions and to establish
new contacts.

The papers are planned to be published later in 2005. This
publication will hopefully be of great help for curators,
conservators, upholsterers, auctioneers and other professionals
working in this field.

Hopefully it will also help more of the rare original upholstery
work that exists to survive zealous craftsmen and ignorant people
within the area of decorative arts. We look forward to seeing you in
Vadstena in May 2005.

Mats Grennfalk
Chairman of the conference committee
Conference Secretariat

For further information please contact:

    Pia Johansson
    +46 13 282368
    piajo [at] udv__liu__se

    Ulla Nilsson
    +46 13-282875
    Fax: +46-13-282550
    ullni [at] udv__liu__se

You can also find information and registration on-line at
<URL:http://www.liu.se/birgitta>
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Lecturers:

    Mark Anderson
    Conservator, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, USA

    Anne Battram
    Upholstery Conservator, The Biltmore Company, Asheville, North
    Carolina, USA

    David Bayne
    Furniture Conservator, New York State Office of Parks,
    Re-creation and Historic Preservation, Bureau of Historic Sites,
    Waterford, USA

    Xavier Bonnet
    Upholstery Conservator, Paris, France

    Nancy Britton
    Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation,
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, USA

    Rian Deurenberg
    Mellon Fellow in Conservation of Furniture and Woodwork,
    Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA

    Kate Gill
    Senior Conservator/Lecturer, Textile Conservation Centre,
    University of Southampton, England

    Mats Grennfalk
    Upholstery Conservator, Carl Malmsten Center of Wood Technology
    and Design, Linkoping University, Sweden

    Elizabeth Lahikainen
    Upholstery Conservator, Elizabeth Lahikainen and Associates,
    Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

    Heather Porter
    Upholstery Conservator, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England
    Upholstery Springs, England

    Kirsi Rumbin
    Textile Conservator, Helsinki, Finland

    Gwen Spicer
    Spicer Art Conservation, Delmar, New York, USA

    Agathe Strouk
    Textile Conservator, Abaca Conservation-Restoration, Paris,
    France

    Deborah Lee Trupin
    Textile Conservator, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation
    and Historic Preservation, Bureau of Historic Sites, Waterford,
    USA

    Joelle D. J. Wickens
    Textile Conservator, The Textile Conservation Centre, University
    of Southampton, England

Mats Grennfalk
Upholstery Conservator
Linkoping university
Carl Malmsten Center of Wood Technology and Design
Renstiernas gata 12
116 28 Stockholm
Sweden


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