Renowned Conservator Discusses Art, Art Crime, and Van Eyck

Renowned Conservator Discusses Art, Art Crime, and Van EyckJulia Brennan is a renowned art conservator specializing in textiles with the ARCA Masters Program in the Study of Art Crime. Here, she discusses what to do with The Ghent Altarpiece.

An expert in restoring antique and historical clothing
What sort of conservation work do you do?

I am a textile conservator and specialize in treatments, as well as educational outreach and preventative conservation training in Asia and Africa. I own Textile Conservation Services, based in Washington DC. (www.caringfortextiles.com) Textile treatments include testing, structural analysis, cleaning, repair, stabilizations, overlays, re-weaving, supports, consolidations, re-mounting and display. It is a lot of fine hand work and very detail oriented.



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