Conserving Nelson's Uniform at the National Maritime Museum

I wrote some time ago about the National Maritime Museum's blog entry featuring Nelson's Undress Uniform, one of five of his coats in their collection.  The blog is currently featuring updates on the conservation of Nelson's Trafalgar Coat.   There is an expression in French 'autre temps, autre moeurs' which translates in several ways, of which my favourite is 'other days, other ways'.  The 'other days' in this case are the 1970s, and the 'other ways' the use of 'an adhesive coated support' applied to the silk lining of the coat.  The task now is to remove this and use more up-to-date methods to try to preserve it for the future.


Conserving Nelson: Out of the cabinet from National Maritime Museum on Vimeo.





Conserving Nelson: Lining up the work from National Maritime Museum on Vimeo


Conserving Nelson: Separating the silk from National Maritime Museum on Vimeo.

Conserving Nelson: The perfect sandwich from National Maritime Museum on Vimeo.