2020 New Year Greetings
Read moreNew Year Greetings from us all at May Berkouwer Textile Conservation Happy 2020! Our 2019 Christmas Card front picture showed a detail of the lampas silk wall coverings in the Boudoir at Arlington Court in Devon. Designed specifically for covering walls, this extraordinary fabric has repeat of over 3.7 m. …
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Tapestries from the Spangled Bedroom at Knole
Read moreConservation of the Tapestries from the Spangled Bedroom at National Trust Property Knole by May Berkouwer Textile Conservation This is our third Bulletin regarding…
Ickworth House – Peeking Behind their Curtains
Read moreFebruary and March saw Anna and Maria working on site at National Trust’s Ickworth House conserving the Drawing Room curtains in…
Knole’s Spangled Bedroom Tapestries
Read moreConservation of the Tapestries from the Spangled Bedroom at National Trust Property Knole by May Berkouwer Textile Conservation This is our…
New Year’s Greetings!
Read moreBest New Year’s wishes to all! Many of you will have received our Christmas card, this year depicting the Roman Emperor…
Helping the Police with their Enquiries!
Read moreAt the end of November, Anna and Maria travelled to Dublin to work on the display for the new Garda…
A Spangled Opportunity
Read moreConservation of the Tapestries from the Spangled Bedroom at National Trust Property Knole by May Berkouwer Textile Conservation We are…
Conserving an Embroidered Fragment by Mrs Delany
Read moreRecently we had the pleasure of working on one of the exquisite embroideries by Mrs Delany. Mrs Mary Delany was an…
In Memoriam of Dale Mann 1959 – 2016
Read moreDale Mann was an artist, a father and a friend. He came to work with me in 2006, by accident…
The Triumph of Prudence unveiled at the National Museum of Scotland
Read moreRecently the National Museum of Scotland had completed the latest phase of their updating Masterplan. As part of this, our…
1860’s Painted Burmese Maps
Read moreCambridge University Library approached us to assist with the safe storage of a collection of three hand-painted 1860’s Burmese Maps. The Maps…
Fans in new display at Ickworth House
Read moreWe were recently commissioned to conserve a small selection from the gorgeous Ickworth House NT fan’s collection. After being surface…
Dress for the War: Costume Mounting Uniforms for IWM Duxford
Read moreDressed for War: Costume Mounting for The American Air Museum, IWM Duxford The year started with a large, on-site project…
IWM’s Civic Banner goes on display at Limerick Museum to celebrate the Easter Uprising 1916
Read moreThe Imperial War Museum in London owns the Civic Banner bearing the coat of arms of Limerick which was confiscated…
“Christ in Glory” – Coventry Cathedral
Read moreArticle in Museums + Heritage on line magazine outlining the impressive cleaning of this great Tapestry. To read this article…
V & A Galleries
Read moreFor the past two years our studio team has worked tirelessly to conserve the tapestry ‘Moses and Pharoahs Crown’ The tapestry…