ICOM-CC Experts meeting on enamel on metal

Experts meeting on Enamel on Metal Conservation
Rome
Mar 10, 2008

The Enamel on Metal Conservation Network, Subworking Group of the
ICOM-CC WG's Metals and Glass and Ceramic is organizing its second
Expert's meeting on Enamels on Metals Conservation in Rome.

The conference will be held at the French Academy of Rome, Villa
Medici (Viale Trinita dei Monti 1, 00187 Roma, Italy,
<URL:http://www.villamedici.it/>

Please note: The Villa Medici is a public institution, so all their
meetings are open to the public and have free entrance (no
conference fee). French and Italian speakers will make their
presentations in their mother language. There will be no translation
but extended abstracts (approximately 3 pages) in English will be
handed out at the beginning of the meeting.

For more information, please contact Agnes Gall-Ortlik

Monday, March 10, 2008

    9:30-10:30
    Introductory statements

        Richard Peduzzi
        Directeur de l'Academie de France a Rome

        Lisa Pilosi
        ICOM-CC WG Glass and Ceramics coordinator
        Metropolitan Museum of Art New York

        Gerhard Eggert
        EMCN group coordinator, director of the objects
        conservation programme, State Academy of Art and
        Design Stuttgart

        Agnes Gall Ortlik
        Conference chair
        Pensionnaire a l'Academie de France a Rome,
        Restaurateur du Patrimoine

        Veronique Notin Directrice du Musee de l'Eveche, Limoges Le
        musee de Limoges, lieu de ressources et acteur de la
        recherche sur les emaux.
        Study of the history and technology of enamel on metal

    11:00-13:30
    Study of the history and technology of enamel on metal

        Stefan Roehrs, British Museum, CDS Department, London),
        Isabelle Biron, Heike Stege
        About Limoges painted enamels. Chronological evolution of
        the glass

        Catia Viegas Wesolowska, metal conservator, Victoria and
        Albert Museum, London
        Research on 14th and 15th century translucent enamels on
        silver

        Mark Wypyski, scientist, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
        York
        Technical study of Renaissance Venetian enameled copper
        vessels

        Juanita Navarro, ceramics and glass conservator, Victoria
        and Albert Museum, London
        Email en resille sur verre: Fact or Fiction?

    14:45-16:45
    Study of the history and technology of enamel on metal

        Carolyn Wyman, Conservator in private practice, Great
        Britain
        Guilloche enamel on silver base.

        Isabelle Biron, ingenieur de recherche, C2RMF, Paris
        A survey of enamel studies after fifteen years of activity
        at the C2RMF.

        Gerhard Eggert, director of the objects conservation
        programme, State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart
        Chalconatronite and socoformacite: joint copper glass
        corrosion.

        Beatrice Beillard, conservator in private practice, Paris
        L'apport de la restauration en matiere d'expertise des
        pieces de formes.

17:00-18:30
Conservation case studies

    Martina Griesser, scientist, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
    Preserving the enamel on Benvenuto Cellini's "Saliera": Analysis
    of its composition by XRF and SEM/EDX and first consolidation
    attempts

    Peter Mottner, scientist, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate
    Research (ISC), 'Environmental Monitoring and Conservation
    Research', Wertheim-Bronnbach
    Conservation and remediation approaches at the Green Vault
    Dresden / Results of a German research project on Enamel
    artworks.

    Denise Ling, Glass and Ceramic conservator, British Museum, CDS
    Department, London
    Conservation survey and treatment of Limoges enamels at the
    British Museum

Tuesday (March 11, 2008)

    09:30-11:00
    Conservation case studies

        Marco Verita, scientist, Stazione sperimentale del Vetro,
        Murano and Paola Santopadre, scientist, ICR, Roma
        La Pace di Amalfi: esame e restauro d'uno smalto veneziano
        del quindicesimo secolo.

        Elena Agnini, Conservator in private practice, Munchen
        The conservation and restoration of 14 stations of the cross
        enamels made in the 20th century.

        Mari Yanagishita, Conservator in private practice, for the
        Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Firenze
        L'altare del battistero di San Giovanni, smalti trecenteschi
        e quatrocenteschi a confronto: tecnica e conservazione.

    Poster

        V. Van der Linden (Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium),
        E. Van de Casteele, M. Simon Thomas, K. Janssens
        Application of micro-CT on enameled metal objects; getting
        an inside view.

    11:30-12:45
    Group discussion
    Election of new coordinators, organisation, bibliography,
    web-based communication, research issues and cooperation, next
    meeting, etc.

    12:45-13:00
    Closing remarks

Agnes Gall Ortlik
EMCN Assistant co-ordinator


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