Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration

Etude et conservation-restauration d'un devant d'autel et d'un fragment de tenture en cuir doré datés du XVIIIe siècle (Musée Art & Histoire, Bruxelles)

Goetz, Anne-Catherine

Mémoire de master : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2018.

This Master’s thesis is focused on one altar frontal and a piece of wall hanging, both made of gilt leather and stored in the Art & History Museum in Brussels. Gilt leather wall hangings and decorations were widely produced in Europe between the 16th and the 18th century, both to decorate the interiors of wealthy houses, and for their use in the ecclesiastical field. Gilt leather is a composite...