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In: Lindley, Phillip (ed.), Sculpture conservation: preservation or interference?. Liverpool: Aldershot, Scolar Press, 29-38.
In this paper, the author describe the experience of a private group of conservators working on public commissions in the sphere of monument and stone preservation. Three case studies of treatments performed from 1982-1992 are presented. In describing this experience, carried out in a very limited geographical area, the author discuss the structure of the group, its strategy, (ethical and commercial), the commissioning agencies and the way work is assigned. The author also examine the types of professionals who contributed to implementing the projects in respect of their technical-scientific training and their institutional positions.
Author(s): Nardi, R.
Year Published: 1997
Language / Translations: English