The contents of this dissertation are a compendium of the conservation
work carried out during a six-month internship period, divided between
the Textile Conservation Section of the Australian National Gallery and
the Conservation Division of the National Library of Australia.
During a six-week period at the ANG, served under the Textile Conservator,
Miss Josephine Carter, opportunity was provided to work with
items from several of the Gallery's major textile collections,
including:
1) Precataloguing surveys of articles of costume involving
a) removal from temporary storage, sorting, documentation of
holdings and repacking of over 500 items of costume from the
Dialghev Ballets in the Theatre Arts Collection
b) descriptive documentation and repacking of costume and
accessories dated between 1900 and 1950 from the Julian
Robinson Collection.
2) Assistance with the photography of 10 items of Dialghev Ballet
costume and 90 lengths of Indonesian fabric for the Gallery's
acquisition records.
3) Preparation for mounting, and hanging of a large Arthur Boyd
tapestry in the foyer of Government House.
4) Full conservation of four small articles of costume from the
Julian Robinson Collection, and preparation of treatment
proposals for future conservation of three additional items.
During a 41/2-month period at the National Library of Australia, served
under the direction of the Principal Conservator, Mr. Ian Cook
opportunity was provided to work with a wide variety of items on paper
while participating in virtually all the varied aspects of the Division's
work, including:
1) Conservation responsibility for a one-day exhibition held in the
Library in conjunction with the ANU conference, "Australian and
European Imagination", involving
a) conservation and/or condition documentation of 23 bound and
unbound prints, watercolours and drawings
b) supervision of mounting the exhibition and return of the items
to storage.
2) Conservation of four charts by William Bligh from the Maps
Division for future display in the Library.
3) Treatment of 18 miscellaneous items on paper requiring conservation
for their continued use in the Library, including prints
and watercolours from the Pictorial Collection, playbills and
bound serials from Australian Reference, and a series of
Philippines maps.
4) Testing of laminating tissue and photographic negative
envelopes for their suitability for conservation use.
5) Condition surveys of the Ferguson Collection of Rare Maps and
of master negative microfilm reels from the Australian Joint
Copying Project.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219365 |
| Date | January 1982 |
| Creators | Sturma, Lee, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Applied Science |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Lee Sturma |
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