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Research, conservation and
restoration projects
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1997-1998.
Cathedral of León (E)
Research
project on the stained glass windows in the Cathedral of León
(Spain). Dissertation for the degree on Stained glass C&R,
co-ordinated by professor Joost Caen (Glass Conservation Department,
Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Hogeschool Antwerpen,
Belgium) and Dr. Hannelore Römich (Fraunhofer-Institut
für Silicatforschung, Würzburg-Bronnbach, Germany).
The eventual application of a series of products commonly
used in stained glass restoration was studied in function
of the climate conditions in León. |
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1997-1998.
Cathedral of Mechelen (B)
Research, conservation and restoration project on a stained
glass window from the beginning of the 16th c., originally
in the Cathedral of Mechelen (Belgium) and conserved at the
Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. Last year degree
project carried out together with Klaartje Peters and co-ordinated
by professor Joost Caen (Glass Arts Conservation Department,
Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Hogeschool Antwerpen,
Belgium). |
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1999.
Cistercian Abbey of Altenberg (D)
Preceding the restoration project of the medieval stained
glass windows in the Cistercian Abbey of Altenberg (Germany),
which took place at Glasmalerei Peters (D), a research on
the abundant lamination systems was carried out. These laminations
used in the past, especially in the monumental West window,
added extra complications to the restoration process, due
to their material and aesthetic interference with the original
materials. This research focused on different possible methods
for safely removing the lamination systems. |
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1999.
Saint Peter’s Church, Cologne (D)
Preceding the restoration project on the stained glass windows
from the beginning of the 16th century conserved in the Saint
Peter’s Church in Cologne (Germany), which took place
at Glasmalerei Peters (D), a historic-artistic and material-technical
research was carried out. These windows, whose authors are
so far unknown, are undoubtedly and despite the many restorations
suffered in the past, some of the best examples of stained
glass from the Renaissance preserved in Germany. |
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1999.
Church of St. Maria zur Wiese, Soest (D)
Preceding the restoration project of the Last Supper window
at the Church of St. Maria zur Wiese in Soest (Germany), which
took place at Glasmalerei Peters (D), a historic-artistic
and material-technical research was carried out. This window
of unknown author and made around 1500 is an interesting example
of the transition style from late Gothic to early Renaissance.
Stands out the interesting human y theatrical treatment of
the subjects’ scene, as well as the profusion and delicateness
of the black enamels, applied on mainly colourless glasses. |
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1999-2000.
Royal Monastery of Pedralbes, Barcelona (E)
Assessment, training of the conservation team and restoration
in the intervention project on a stained glass window (OII)
from the first third of the 14th c. in the Royal Monastery
of Pedralbes, Barcelona. The restoration was carried out at
the Servei d’Arqueologia Urbana of the Barcelona municipality,
in collaboration with the Faculty of Geology of the University
of Barcelona. Stands out the good state of conservation of
the windows and, in particular, the presence of lead networks
from the 14th century, which have undergone analysis and study. |
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1999-2001.
Cathedral of Seville (E)
Direction of the conservation and restoration project of four
monumental stained glass windows (NXIII, NXII, SXIII y SXII)
from the late 15th c. in the Cathedral of Seville (Spain),
carried out at Glasmalerei Peters (D). From the 20 windows
made by Enrique Alemán between 1478 and 1483 in the
central nave of the Seville Cathedral, 18 are still on its
original place. During the project, an exhibition on the C&R
work in process was organised in the cathedral, showing two
full lancets already restored and other two before restoration. |
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2000-2001.
Cathedral of Girona (E)
Direction of the conservation and restoration project of two
monumental rose windows from the beginning of the 18th c.
in the Cathedral of Girona (Spain), carried out at Glasmalerei
Peters (D). Both of them were designed by the glazier Francesc
Saladrigas, who made the window of Saint Michael’s in
1709. The material authority of the Assumption window, from
1732 and totally cold painted, in not clear. Both windows
were in a pitiful state of conservation due to the presence
of many colourless glasses and the chemical attack of its
original glasses. |
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2000.
Central Hall of the University Complutense, Madrid (E)
Assessment on the conservation and restoration project of
a stained glass dome from ca. 1900. in the Central Hall of
the University Complutense of Madrid. This monumental flat
window is fixed on a framework of T-bars and protected by
sheets of glass at the outer side. It represents a big central
shield with allegoric motives, surrounded by squared colourless
glasses and a perimetral decorated border. Its author and
date remain unknown, although from its technical and artistic
qualities it could be from the end of the 19th or early 20th
c. |
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2000-2002.
Casa Lleó Morera, Barcelona (E)
Co-ordination of the conservation, restoration and periodical
maintenance project of the modernist stained glass windows
in Casa Lleo Morera, Barcelona (Spain). Lluís Domènech
i Montaner was the architect of this emblematic modernist
building, erected between 1902 and 1905, while the stained
glass windows are a work by the Casa Rigalt y Granell. The
in situ restoration of the stained glass windows from the
first floor was carried out by the C&R students of the
Centre del Vidre of Barcelona, as part of their training program. |
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2001.
Parish Church of Blanes, Girona (E)
Assessment on the conservation and restoration project of
a rose window from the Parish Church of Blanes, Girona, from
ca. 1940-1945. The subject of this window is the Assumption
of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by angels. The author and exact
date of the window are not clear, although we know that the
present windows in the church were made after the Spanish
Civil War. The restoration of the rose window was carried
out by Isabel Masso and Anna Font, ex students of stained
glass C&R in the the Centre del Vidre of Barcelona. |
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2001-2002.
Church of Sant Ramón de Penyafort, Barcelona (E)
Co-ordination of the C&R project of the stained glass
windows in the Church of Sant Ramón de Penyafort, Barcelona
(Spain), made between the end of the 19th c. and the middle
of the 20th c. in Neogothic style. The workshop or author
of the windows is not known. The restoration of the 7 windows
in the Presbytery and one in the south nave was carried out
by the C&R students of the Centre del Vidre of Barcelona,
as part of their training program. In two windows, a novel
lamination system provided with inner ventilation was successfully
applied. |
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2002.
Rosary of Lanterns, Vitoria (E)
Research on the state of conservation and assessment on an
eventual intervention on the Rosary of monumental stained
glass lanterns from the 19th c. used for the “Lanterns
Procession” in Vitoria. This report focuses mainly on
the following aspects: historic-artistic and material-technical
research, indications for a correct preventive conservation
and a for an eventual restoration of the collection. This
peculiar Rosary is a very interesting example of the application
of the stained glass art during the 19th c. in a non architectural
context. |
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2003.
Basilica of Ponferrada, León (E)
Research project on six monumental wall mirrors profusely
decorated, kept in the back Chapel of Nuestra Señora
de la Encina Basilica (Ponferrada, León). The Ponferrada
mirrors, manufatured in Venice around 1700, can be considered
as examples of great historical and artistical importance.
They are, therefore, from an earlier date than the ones produced
at the Royal Factories of Nuevo Baztán (Madrid), between
1720 and 1728, and La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia), from
1728 onwards.
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2004-2005.
Lincoln Cathedral (UK)
Last phase of the Conservation project of the well known rose
window from 1220 at the north side of the transept of Lincoln
Cathedral, the so called Dean’s Eye. This last phase
of the project involves partial cementing, installation of
reinforcing U-channels and saddle bars, perimetral lead skirts,
post conservation documentation, construction of the leaded
panels for the isothermal glazing and installation of the
of both protective and original glazing back in place.
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2007. Parish Church of Saint Peter in Reus, Tarragona, (E)
Direction of the conservation and restoration works, as teacher of the Training Workshop “Lluís Domènech i Montaner III”, of various remains of stained glass windows from the 17th and 19th centuries, preserved at the Parish Church of Saint Peter in Reus (Tarragona). The Project included the restoration and musealization of various panels belonging to the old windows in the church, probably dismantled after the Spanish Civil War. |
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2008-2009. Cathedral of Santa Maria in Vitoria-Gasteiz (E)
Drawing-up, in collaboration with the glazier and conservator Mikel Delika, the Guidelines for the intervention in all the stained glass windows in the gothic Cathedral of Vitoria-Gasteiz. This important and ambitious commission from the Cathedral of Santa María Foundation aims to deepen in our knowledge of the existing windows, presenting and evaluating different intervention possibilities for all the window openings of the building. |
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2008-2009. Cathedral of Barcelona (E)
Co-direction, restoration and conservation, in collaboration with the firm “Adfort”, of ten stained glass windows at the main façade of the Barcelona Cathedral. Among these windows we can point out the famous “Noli me Tanger”, made at the end of the 15th century by the glazier Gil Fontanet following a cartoon by Bartolomé Bermejo. The rest of the windows were made during the 19th and 20th centuries, mainly by the Catalonian firms Amigó and Oriach. |
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2009. Parish Church of the Assumption in Errenteria, Guipúzcoa (E)
Collaboration in the process of research, dismantling and installation of the stained glass window at the choir of the Parish Church of the Assumption in Errenteria (Guipúzcoa). This window, a work of exceptional artistic and technical qualities depicting the topic of the Annunciation, was made at the beginning of the 20th century by the well known German company Zettler and restored by the firm “Vitrales Mikel Delika”. |
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2009. Museum of Art in Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona (E)
Transport, cleaning, consolidation and installation, in collaboration with the firm “Adfort”, of the Art Nouveau stained glass windows at the Museum of Art in Cerdanyola del Vallés (Barcelona). This intervention has allowed the recovery of the original windows existing in the building. Among them we can find the three well known windows depicting different Ladies in bucolic scenes, made at the beginning of the 20th century and regarded as one of the chief masterpieces of the Catalan Modernism. |
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2009. Casa de Juntas in Gernika, Vizcaya (E)
Collaboration in the process of research and documentation of the great stained glass window at the ceiling of the Casa de Juntas of Gernika, restored by the firm “Vitrales Mikel Delika”. This monumental work, made in 1985 by “Vidrieras de Arte S.A.” from Bilbao, depicts the Tree as the meeting point of the different towns in Bizkaia, the Tribune, alluding to the primitive assemblies, and different characters representing the main commercial activities of the Land. |
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2009-2010. Church of the Carmelitas in San Sebastian, Guipúzcoa (E)
Collaboration in the processes of research, dismantling and installation of over thirty stained glass windows at the Church of the Carmelitas in San Sebastian (Guipúzcoa). These windows, made during the first half of the 20th century in neo-gothic style and depicting both figurative and decorative motives, were restored by the firm “Vitrales Mikel Delika”. |
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