THE CARE AND CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC HOUSE COLLECTIONS with Chris Daintith

Paintings, works of art on paper, furniture, metalwork and textiles on open display in historic houses will inevitably deteriorate over time. This illustrated lecture will discuss agents of deterioration and describe the way in which carefully formulated policies of preventive conservation and management, such as those developed by the English National Trust, may enable those responsible for historic properties and collections to assure their long-term conservation.

CHRIS DAINTITH has worked as an archaeological conservator in Italy, as a ceramics conservator at the British Museum in London, and as a Regional Conservator for the English National Trust, caring for the contents of some of England’s greatest historic houses. She is one of the authors of the Trust’s authoritative Manual of Housekeeping.

The Ballroom at Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent, England