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Dokumentacja konserwatorska prac prowadzonych przez Pracownię Konserwacji Dzieł Sztuki PKZ

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Krakowska-Pilch E.

Ochrona Zabytków

1987

issue 1-2

137-140

In December 1972 the Workshop for the Conservation of Works of Art was brought to life in a newly created branch office of the Atelier for the Conservation of Cultural Property, called the Main Office fo r the Reconstruction of the Royal Castle. Its task was the conservation of preserved elements of original decorations and the reconstruction of the interiors of 17 historic rooms. To this aim specialized teams were formed such as conservators of works of art, modellers, wood carvers and gilders. All, the preserved e le ments of the decor of the interiors, coming to ca 2,000 details, were passed by the National Museum in Warsaw to this Workshop as the main constructor. A wide variety of types of work, the number of o rigina l stucco, wood-carving and carpenter's elements which were to return to their original place required a specific a p proach to the entire problem as well as the drawing of a new model of conservation documentation. Because of the fact that each room represents a compact and homogenous set of decoration, it was decided to work out comprehensive documentation for indiv id u a l rooms. One set of the documentation contained information on the course of all works carried out by the Workshop fo r the Conservation of Works of Art. Treating the decor of the interior as one structure the information included contained data concerning authors, time and execution, authors of the reconstruction design, number of design documentation, general dimensions of the interior, its iconographie description and a short historic outline prepared by the Scientific and H i storic Documentation Department of the Castle’s branch office. Other data concerning technological construction, condition, causes of decay, programme and course of decay, programme and course of work were particularly expanded and they comprised all elements of the decor. The described details were presented in a uniform order: ceiling decorations, bed-moulding and cornices, wall decorations, wood-work. A uniform arrangement was also adopted in presenting the work done: conservation of preserved elements of stucco work, models of architectonic decorations, model of sculptor's decorations, conservation of original ele ments of wood carving, models for decorations in wood, reconstruction of elements carved in wood, conservation of old carpentry elements. The course of the works was w e ll- illu s tra te d with photographs showing the condition of de tails prior to, during and a fter conservation, models made, reconstructed wood-carved elements, gildings. Each documentation was provided with a location plan — projection of the 1st flo o r of the Royal Castle, pointing out the object discussed as well as a choice of the reproductions of archival photos. Attached were also photographs of the interiors th a t depicted the condition a fter reconstruction. Pictures of walls and projection of the ceiling, put on micro- filmed d ra ft drawings, show g raphically and descriptively the location of in -b u ilt original details of the decor. Copies of commissional agreements on idividual conservation and reconstruction problems, results of laboratory studies as well as extracts from the minutes of the meeting of the A rchitectonic and Conservation Commission on the agreements and the acceptance of individual stages of work as well a" the entire interiors have been added as enclosures. Documentation includes also conservation drawings in the scale of 1:1, 1:2 and 1:5 of o rigina lly preserved elements of the decor, depicting the condition, conservation and reconstruction work. Altogether 32 sets of conservation documents have been prepared, compiled into one volume, just as is the case with "O ffice rs ' Room" or eleven volumes in the case of "The Throne Room” or "The Room of the Knights". Individual documentations have 10 to 80 pages and 2 to 200 photographs. In order to accelerate the rate of work the team of reg istrars was assigned the task of a coordinator of the entire work carried out in the Workshop, inc lu d in g : — the analysis of the condition of the preserved rescued d e tails ; transportation from the place of storing and to ensure proper climatic conditions; — id e n tifica tio n and location of the elements based on the analysis of the available iconographie material, — preparing the lists (with regard to the quantity and q u ality) of missing element , — transfer of all material to idividual teams of specialists, — reg u la r supervision of the work done, — carrying out a descriptional and functional registration of successive stages of work and location of original elements, — preparing conservation documentation. The scale of the problem can be illustrated by the following d a ta : altogether 1,988 details of the decor of the interior of the Royal Castle were covered by conservation. Out of this number, 1,048 details were identified and situationed. 988 of them, corresponding to the adopted architectonic and conservation concept, were b u ilt into the present in teriors. The remaining elements coming from unaccentuated stages of reconstruction of interiors were given back to the management of the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

Restytucja wnętrz sal historycznych Zamku Królewskiego

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Krakowska-Pilch E.

Ochrona Zabytków

1987

issue 1-2

108-117

O rigina l parts of the equipment and decor of the interiors of the Royal Castle, preserved from destruction, stored first in various store-rooms in Warsaw, a fter the war were put in order and preliminarily registered by the staff of the National Museum and of the Historic Museum of the City of Warsaw. All preserved parts of the decor of the in te riors were passed on to the Workshop fo r the Conservation of Works of Art (the PKDS) attached to the Ateliers for the Conservation of Cultural Property (the PKZ), Department fo r the Reconstruction of the Royal Castle as the main constructor of the decor of the interiors. Out of the to ta l number of 1,988 elements the following ones have been singled out: 431 parts of stucco works (architectonic and sculptor’s details), 1,370 elements of wood-carving work, frames, listels, 106 elements of wa in scot, wood and window woodwork and 73 details of p a in tings. The article gives a detailed description of individual groups of elements including th e ir identifica tion , location, structure, condition of individual layers, results of the studies, employed conservation procedure, models made and reconstruction. To make the information still more precise, the number of executed architectonic, sculptors’, wood-carving works and the quantity of golden foil used were also quoted. One of the subjects discussed in the article has been the entire work of the PKDS in executing the restitution of Castle’s interiors. Cooperation of individual teams of conservators, modellers, wood-carvers, carpenters and gilders has also been described. In the years 1973—1986 the work of the workshop was headed by the following specialists: M. Baranowski, T. Kubalski, M. Żołqdek, Zb. Majcerowicz and E. Kierzkowska- -Kalinowska. Altogether more than 200 workers were employed at th a t time. A ll of them contributed to a larger or smaller extent to the execution of the task. 45 names of those who distinguished themselves with exceptional a b ilities and involvement have been listed,

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