Washington Conservation Guild

Washington Conservation Guild invites you to the fourth meeting of
the 2006/2007 season, Thursday, January 4, 2007, hosted by the
Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, at the S. Dillon
Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington, DC. The closest
metro is Smithsonian/Orange and Blue lines.

Please join us for our annual 3-Ring Circus

5pm         Reception
5:45pm      Lectures

Objects Session:

    Cynthia Silva
    Conservation Solutions, Inc.
    "The Facade Sculptures of the New York Public Library: 95 Years
    with Truth, Beauty, Art and Life"

    Paul Daniel
    Conservator in private practice

        "A Perfect Fit: Secure and Discreet Object Mounts"

    William Zinn
    Conservation Solutions, Inc.

        "The Armorial Gasolier: Investigation of an 1857 Cornelius
        and Baker Lighting Fixture from the Senate Corridor of the
        US Capitol"

Paper Session:

    Manda Kowalczyk
    National Postal Museum

        "The Benjamin K. Miller Collection: A Batch Treatment on
        Philatelic Album Pages"

    Jana Dambrogio
    NARA

        "The Treatment and Facsimile Fabrication of the US Treaty
        with Algeria, 1795"

    Current Projects from the Walters Art Museum.

Paintings and Textiles Session:

    Anne Ennes
    The Textile Museum

        "A Fortnight in Turkmenistan"

    Joanne Klaar
    The National Gallery of Art

        "Triumphs of Apollonio di Giovanni: An Investigation of a
        Cassone Panel at the National Galleries of Scotland"

    Anne-Marei Hacke
    Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute

        "Studies on the Identification and Degradation of Mordanted
        and Weighted Textiles"

The event is free for WCG members, $5 for non-members and guests.

For more information about WCG or this meeting, please see
<URL:http://www.washingtonconservationguild.org>

Claire Peachey
Vice President
Washington Conservation Guild


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