Category Archives: Lacquer

Marguerite McLoughlin’s Sewing Cabinet Speaks

by DKP (Note: I mean to come back to this, to write more and to edit. . .  it is little more than a thought of good writing at this time, and it will evolve as I have time.  Research … Continue reading

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Conservation as Art: Infill, by DKP

The trend in American conservation is to think of conservation as science.  A more balanced truth is conservation is an art that uses science.  Infill is one area that proves that theory.  Simplistically, one reason infill is performed in a … Continue reading

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