Antiquities-- Conservation and restoration
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Boston Committee of Sauvegarde de l'art Français, 1925-1938
FOUND IN:
Harvard Art Museums Archives
Collection Identifier: SC 6
Overview:
This collection includes the meeting minutes, correspondence, and financial records of the Boston Committee of Sauvegarde de l'art Français ("Protection of French Art") from the years 1925-1938. Also included are maps, floor plans, publicity and notes of the French town of Larressingle, which this committee raised money to purchase and restore.
Charles Tauss papers and records of the Kariye Camii Museum Project
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
Collection Identifier: MS.BZ.011
Scope and Contents:
This collection primarily contains administrative and photographic documentation for the wall painting conservation conducted by Charles Tauss and his assistant Betty Spitz at the Kariye Camii (also known as the Chora Museum) in Istanbul between 1984 and 1989, by permission of the Directorate of the Hagia Sophia Museum (the authoritative body for the Hagia Sophia Museum, Kariye Museum, Great Palace Mosaic Museum, and the Fethiye Museum). The conservation work is referred to as the “Kariye...