AIC's 44th Annual Meeting

Behrooz Salimnejad has worked in the Furniture Conservation Department of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) since 1992 and has utilized both traditional craft techniques and modern conservation methodologies for loss compensation. In this presentation he will discuss the factors that led to choosing a suitable approach for different types of loss, including gilding, wood carving and turning. In some cases multiple methods were utilized on the same object. Highlighted treatments will include: replacement of missing feet and turned elements on a chair designed by Frank Furness (American, 1839 – 1912); compensation of abraded sections of gesso and gilding as well as missing carving on a sofa by John Linnell (English, 1729–1796); and carving of swags on a table by Sefferin Alken (English, 1717 – 1783).