Light on women’s fashion in 1830 through the eyes of an Elegant stranger
The restoration of this portrait of a woman, a 19th-century Elégante, allowed me to delve into the heart of women's fashion in 1830 in France and England, from dresses with…
“Painting restoration can be regarded as akin to medicine”
"Restoration can be likened to medicine, with the triptych “prevention, curative care and surgical acts” meaning climate control, simple, superficial, short and often one-off operations ([...] applying tension strips to…