Diploma presentations of the Institute for Conservation-Restoration

9 a.m. Elisabeth Kjartansson
Put together, turned over and rediscovered: Conservation-restoration of a collage of mourning coats of arms from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, laminated on canvas.

9:30 a.m. Viktoria Thaller
More than the sum of its parts: Decision-making when dealing with a severed historical bond using the example of the Khevenhüller Chronicle from the 17th century.

10 a.m. Elena Kersten
Where lines cross. Re-treatment of a drawing with ink corrosion from the 16th century, restored in 1973.

10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. Break

11 a.m. Lea Schmidtbauer
Form and function. Conservation and restoration of a fabric sample book from the Wiener Werkstätte (ca. 1920) from the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts Vienna

11.30 a.m. Andreas Schretthauser
The wall paintings by J.W. Bergl in the Vienna Hofburg. Art technology study and conservation concept

12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch break

1 p.m. Albert Puder
Conservation and restoration of a baroque, Flemish wood panel painting: Southern market scene, circle of Jan Baptist Lambrecht (1680 – around? 1731), oil/oak, ~ 48.4 x 38.5 x 0.5 cm. Universalmuseum Joanneum, Alte Galerie collection, Schloss Eggenberg (Graz)

1:30 p.m. Zaozao (Daisy) Yang

Examination and conservation-restoration of a painting with scattering technique applications: Equestrian portrait of Leopold I (1640 – 1705), 2nd half of the 17th century, 234.5 x 172 cm, Feistritz Castle, Lower Austria

2 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Break

2:30 p.m. Christina Widmann
Weaving art and conservation – dealing with wicker chairs and woven seat coverings made of plant fibers

3 p.m. Ana Maly

Conservation and restoration of a wooden chest

3:30 p.m. Cornelia Holzner
Conservation of a clarinet case from the 19th century – methods for strengthening and bonding heavily degraded leather