Conservation of the Dowry Chest from the Museum ”Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park in Chorzów” Cover Image

Konserwacja skrzyni wiannej ze zbiorów Muzeum „Górnośląski Park Etnograficzny w Chorzowie”
Conservation of the Dowry Chest from the Museum ”Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park in Chorzów”

Author(s): Małgorzata Książek
Subject(s): History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Muzeum „Górnośląski Park Etnograficzny w Chorzowie”
Keywords: dowry chests; Museum ”Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park”; folk furniture; decorations on chests; conservation

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the conservation process of a dowry chest from the collection of the Museum ”Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park in Chorzów”. The furniture underwent a comprehensive conservation, both woodwork and painting. Conservation of woodwork included the elimination of threats posed by previous conservation works, improvement of its techni¬cal condition and stabilization. As part of the aesthetic conservation, the repainting that the box has undergone over the years was removed and its original appearance was restored.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 205-216
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish