Betty M. Haines was a celebrated scientist in the field of leather conservation. Between the years of 1940 and 1970, she created an archive of over 400 leather samples which have recently been digitised by the Leather Conservation Centre. Born…
Ancient shoes The earliest shoes in the archaeological record are a pair of sagebrush bark sandals dating from 7000-8000 BCE that were found at Fort Rock Cave in the United States. The presence of these well-preserved examples indicated that shoes…
Head of Conservation, Yvette Fletcher, was invited to Bantry House in Co Cork, SW Ireland by Betty TV to take part in filming for a new series of Country House Rescue. The family, who own the house, showed Yvette all…
Historic First World War Football Conserved An historic football from the first World War has just been conserved at the Centre. The football belongs to the London Irish Rifles and will now be displayed at the Regimental Museum in Camberwell,…
The Leather Conservation Centre undertakes practical conservation, training, research and analysis and consultancy work, and produces a number of publications on all aspects of leather conservation The Leather Conservation Centre, in partnership with the University of Northampton, has recently appointed…
The Leather Conservation Centre has just given a three day course in the conservation of leather at West Dean as part of their Professional Conservators in Practice strand. Aline and Yvette taught in collaboration with Roy Thomson, and Andrea Fingland…
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