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Friday, May 24 • 2:00pm - 2:30pm
(Contemporary Art, Wooden Artifacts) Conserving Please Be Seated: Five Decades of Studio Furniture in Public Use

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Since the mid-1970s, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has acquired artisan furniture for gallery seating. For 48 years, the seating served simultaneously as visitor seating and accessioned art. 75 seats and growing, this collection portrays the diverse work of American studio furniture makers, from new interpretations of historic designs to futuristic creations in aluminum and steel.

This paper reviews the conservation practices for Please Be Seated, in light of their continued use in the museum’s galleries.
Authors
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Christine Storti

Head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
CHRISTINE STORTI, née Schaette, is the head of furniture and frame conservation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She received her diploma in the conservation of wooden artifacts and contemporary materials from the University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany, in 2006. During... Read More →

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Christine Storti

Head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
CHRISTINE STORTI, née Schaette, is the head of furniture and frame conservation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She received her diploma in the conservation of wooden artifacts and contemporary materials from the University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany, in 2006. During... Read More →

Friday May 24, 2024 2:00pm - 2:30pm MDT
Room 255 D (Salt Palace)
  Specialty Session, Contemporary Art, Wooden Artifacts