818-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 14, 2002 History Connected To Suite (Continued from Page B 17) high ceilings and a square format. The set, however, is not presented in a bed chamber arrangement or isolated from other objects. There is an extensive pre sentation of other remarkably fine peri od works. The room offers one of the most exciting presentations of late 18th Century French arts on view in Ameri ca. Exhibition designer James Armbrister commented, “When we got everything in place, the experience became emo tional. It took my breath away. It is a great room that sparkles and is beauti ful.” Restoration An intense restoration project was necessary to present the suite in its origi nal splendor. As experts examined fabric fragments, wooden frames and historical documents, they gained numerous in sights into high-style Louis XVI period furniture, some directly contradicting earlier speculation by experts. This proj ect may have produced more revolution ary reinterpretations of the field than any previous study. The original vision of reuniting the Thierry suite in uniformly gilded sur faces and beat ing the original upholstery pattern was developed by former MFA French Decorative Arts Curator Anne Poullet. Poullet and then-MFA conser vator Jeffrey Munger oversaw the first half of the project. They sought the ad vice of Brian Considine, director of the Getty Museum, which has an exception al French furniture collection. He dis patched gilding consultant Cynthia Moyer to Boston where she examined the set in April 1998. Moyer’s examinations and tests indi- d 'ih‘> e" *' %, ■* ' -*w»»v cated that four of the ten pieces in the suite had their original gilding on the surface, and others had some original gilding beneath later layers. The best-preserved examples were probably those that had been least used the alcove bed, firescreen and two side chairs. Unfortunately even these had a thick acrylic resin coating applied by earlier con servators. Considine and Moyer recommended that the set be shipped to the Getty where Moyer could properly conserve it. Moyer exclusively conserved this set from April 1998 to September 1999. Along the way she made a number of dis coveries. Chief among those was that each piece of the set had been originally gilded in three different techniques: oil gilding, burnished water gil ding and matte water gilding. While the use of multiple gil ding methods became wide spread in the mid-19th Cen tury, it was once believed that the three techniques had not been used simulta neously on individual pieces of Eigh teenth Century furniture. In 1996 Moyer found evidence of three gilding techniques on a single set in the Getty. In reporting her study, she described that set as unique. Several years later when she again found three techniques on the Thierry set, it became clear that the practice was a bit more widely used. Moyer explained the reason for using the three techniques on a single work. * t i Due to the sudden death of Daniel (Danny) Longwell, we will sell the following on the above premises; 2000 F-550 dump truck, 1997 F 350 PU diesel, 2001 Bobcat skid loader 873 G, 1999 Bobcat 331 C excavator, JD 2555 4x4, Kubota 4150 4x4 w/loader, zero turn mower, 5 Dumpmaster trail ers (all late models), 9’ Fisher snow plow. Bobcat attachments; pallet forks, 18’ & 6” auger, auger attachments, grapple bucket, snow bucket, rack for buckets, 8’ snow blade, roto tiller, thatcher, trash pump. 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Thanksgiving To Christmas Mon. &Tues. 10-5 June, July, Aug. - Mon. 10-5 Many Collectibles, Jewelry, Toys, Glassware, Tinware, Crocks, Old Lights & Lanterns, Advertising Signs & Much More ANTIQUES • COLLECTIBLES • COUNTRY FURNISHINGS I'll!' Mil I 24 W Mam St PUnnrD'lA WKk Exit 22 PA Turnpike 1 Kt )1 r K 1 i Morgantown, PA 19541 AVI lot ES yBSp (610) 286-8854 90 dealers on two floors Open 7 Days 10 to 5:30 Visit our website at www.themillproperty.com “It was both practical and aesthetically pleasing. Leaf carving that forms the central band of the frame has an ornate ly carved surface that could be more easily gilded in the oil technique than ei ther water technique. Also the three types of gilding produce three different lusters that is also pleasing.” Yet more surprising was Moyer’s dis covery that the set had been originally painted white rather than having been gilded. Fortunately the history of the set was recorded in extensive records main tained by the French government. In 1664 the office of Garde-Meubles was of ficially established to keep records of royal furnishings. In those re cords the Thierry suite is known as Number 181 of 1787. Every con tractor and subcontrac tor is noted with a des cription of the work done and its cost. ! < "A » When Moyer report ed finding white paint, conservator Jeffrey Monger searched the re cords for evidence. In deed he found the set had been originally painted, but that Thier ry visited Sene’s work shop and requested a change to gilded sur faces. Lancaster Farming Check out our Website www lancasterfarminq com Lancaster Farming's Classified Ads Get Results! Check Out This Wei's Featured Recipe On Our Msite! ffw.lanasterfamiing.coiM PUBLIC AUCTION MON., DEC. 16, 2002 12 P.M. 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SAT., DEC. 21, 2002 at 9:00 A.M. Locv 241 Queen Road, Gordonville, Lancaster Co., PA. (Approx. 9 miles east of Lancaster, off Rt. 340. Take Rt. 340 to Intercourse, turn right onto Queen Rd. to sale.) Amish market wagon, hay, straw, fodder & coins to be sold at 1:00 P.M. Bring chairs sale to be held indoors Food served Sale by: PAUL L. FISHER ESTATE Robert L. 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