KNOTTED CARPETS CONSERVATION. Methods compared to a restoration poster
Workshop May 10 to 11 2018, Open Care – Servizi per l’Arte
CALL FOR PAPERS
For the first time ever a meeting will be held exclusively focused on restoration and conservation of carpets, oriental but not all. The global landscape of the carpet restoration is extremely diverse and heterogeneous: the skilled “restorers” from the middle east, to professional curators of museums; from industrial centers to wash in workshops organized for repairs. The use of commonly used techniques for the conservation of textiles do not always meet the needs of their own carpets and the debate between different operators has resulted in the need for an opportunity to analyze the different operational approaches in order to get to define best methods for the preservation of these very special artifacts. With this workshop we intend to build specialized opportunity for comparison between all actors involved in the conservation of carpets, of all the specific aspects ranging from preliminary investigations to the phases of intervention, from routine maintenance to the exposure and storage criteria. At the conclusion of the work is scheduled a round table which will be incorporated in a poster of the outcomes of the carpet restoration that defines the main guidelines for storage. The workshop is open to all those involved: restorers, conservators, repairers, historians, collectors, scholars, museum professionals, students, the antique market operators and “simple” amateurs.
THE WORKSHOP is DIVIDED IN THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
- FOR A THEORY OF CONSERVATION: HISTORY OF RESTORATION OF CARPETS KNOTTED. (From theory to practice – ADVANTAGES AND LIMITS IN THE APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF RESTORATION TO THIS SPECIFIC FIELD);
- TYPE OF DECAY AND DIAGNOSTICS;
- RESTORATION AND RESTORATION OF DE-KNOTTED CARPET (ADDITIONS AND CONTEXT OF THE MATERIALS);
- EXPOSURE AND STORAGE: METHODS AND EXPERIENCES;
- USE AND REUSE OF CARPET.
The evaluation will be done by:
- Adherence to the chosen theme
- Originality of the contribution
- Work shared by different professionals
- Clarity and exposition consequentiality
PROGRAM
Thursday, 10 May 2018
10.30 Registration and Greetings
11.00 Each color expands and settles. The collection of carpets at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin
Anna Beselin, Museum für Islamische Kunst Senior Textile Conservator – Berlin
I SESSIONS Theoretical approaches
Moderator: Alberto Boralevi, architect and antique dealer – Florence
12.00-12.20 Conservative restoration experiences of knotted carpets between ethics, problems and possibilities
Giulia Mariti, restorer – Lucca
12.20-12.40 Theory and methods in the restoration of knotted carpets
Giusy Cusimano, restorer – Palermo
12.40-13.00 Methods and evaluation for a conscious restoration
Concita Vadalà, restorer – Florence Letizia Bartoli, restorer – Lucca
13.00-14.00 lunch break
II SESSION. Practical examples and intervention problems
Moderator: Luca Emilio Brancati, Turin
14.00-14.20 Cleaning, restoration and exhibition system: research of the solutions for the presentation of the Holbein carpet from the Franchetti Collection
Fabiana Tedesco, Filomena Gigante, Isabella Villafranca Soissons, Open Care – Milan
14.20-14.40 The conservation of carpets in a museum house: challenges and solutions
Irene Caputo, restorer Textile by Beyer Perrone Da Zara, “Villla La Pietra”, NYU – Florence
14.40-15.00 Analysis, study and conservation of the Carpet of the Tigers: an international history
M. Elena Paola, Filomena Gigante, Isabella Villafranca Soissons, Open Care – Milan
15.00-15.20 The conservative recovery intervention of a knotted and “double-sided” copying fabric: solutions for consolidation and exposure
Michela Cardinali, Roberta Genta, Chiara Tricerri, CCR – La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Center Matilde Borla, Superintendence of Archeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the metropolitan city of Turin Valentina Turina – Museum of Egyptian Antiquities Foundation in Turin
15.20-15.40 History of an integrative restoration to the present day: the Chinese carpet of the Museum Fünf Kontinente in Monaco
M. Elena Paola, Filomena Gigante, Isabella Villafranca Soissons, Open Care – Milan
15.40-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-17.00 ROUND TABLE Restoration of the knotted carpet: problems of training and information on conservation issues
Giorgio Bonsanti, Formerly Professor of Restoration Techniques, University of Florence Roberta Genta, CCR – La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Center Marta Cimò, OPD – Collaborator at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence Martina Panuccio, restorer – Florence Concita Vadalà, restorer – Florence Letizia Bartoli, restorer – Lucca
17.00-17.30 Visit to the restoration laboratories
Friday, 11 May 2018
III SESSION Conservation and Diagnostics. Comparison methodologies
Moderator: Lorenzo Appolonia, Soprintendenza Beni Culturali – Aosta
10.00-10.20 A sixteenth-century Turkish textile with chintamani motifs – the concept of conservation and protection
Anna Olkuśnik-Tabisz, Magdalena Magryś, Katarzyna Kękuś, Jolanta Żuber, Paweł Piechnik, Mariola Mroczek, Agnieszka Pacak, Małgorzata Dudała-Cieśla, Małgorzata Filimowska, Piotr Frączek, Julio of Hoyo-Melendez, Anna Klisińska-Kopacz, Agata Mendys, Michał Obarzanowski , Joanna Sobczyk, National Museum – Kraków
10.20-10.40 Diagnostics of dyes in tissues of historical interest: from the laboratory to the museum
Silvia Bruni and Vittoria Guglielmi, Department of Chemistry, University of Milan
10.40-11.00 Carpet dyes and their analysis
Paolo Bensi, Department of Architecture and Design, University of Genoa
11.00-11.30 Non-invasive diagnostics on carpets and other textiles. Resources and limits of image analysis and spectroscopies
Gianluca Poldi, freelance researcher and CAV, University of Bergamo
11.30-12.00 A bet won: the restoration of the Bardini Heritage rugs, between impudence and sustainability
Alberto Boralevi, architect and antique dealer – Florence
12.00 – 13.00 Questions debate and conclusions
13.00-14.00 Lunch break
14.30-15.30 Visit to the Open Care restoration laboratories, with practical demonstration
PARTICIPATION FEE
Full price: 60 €
Reduced fee (associated IGIIC 2018 and student): 50 €
Reduced fee (associated students IGIIC 2018): 40 €
The participation fee includes both the days and the useful material for workshop
HOW TO PAY
The payment will be done by online credit card.
Or, if you’ll prefer, by banking account:
IGIIC – Gruppo Italiano dell’IIC
Istituto bancario: BANCA PROSSIMA, filiale 5000 Milano
Codice IBAN: IT 77 K033 5901 6001 0000 0011334
Bic: BCITITMX
Dont’ forget to write: Name, surname, knotted carpets
