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Conserving the Past for the Future

A Conservation Tour


Belt for a Lady's Dress
Belt for a Lady's Dress
Italy, Siena (?), about 1375-1400
Enamel and gilding on silver, silver thread, gilt-silver buckle, cast and chased, 236.5 x 2.9 cm
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1930.742

Belt for a Lady's Dress: Display and Tarnish Prevention

Chief Conservator: Bruce Christman

Preservation of works of art begins with controlling light, temperature, and relative humidity in the museum's galleries and storage areas. The environment within each display case can also be controlled. Here, specially treated cloth has been placed beneath the green display cloth to prevent tarnish from forming on this belt.

About the Belt for a Lady's Dress

How to Display the Silver Belt

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