LeatherConservation.co.uk
Title
Leather Conservation and Restoration
Description
Theo Sturge is a Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation (FIIC), an Accredited Member of the United Kingdom Institute for Conservation (ACR) and a Full Specialist Member (Leather) of the British Antiques Furniture Restorers Association. He has over 33 years experience of conservation and restoration in both the public and private sector.
On leaving college he went to Leicester Museum where he was Assistant Keeper, Antiquities Conservation for 16 years. During this time he worked on a very wide variety of social history and archaeological material. This was followed by 6 years as Senior Keeper, Conservation and Restoration at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry. Here he had overall responsibility for conservation and restoration in the museum.
Immediately prior to setting up the Sturge Conservation Studio he was Senior Conservator at the Leather Conservation Centre where he evolved specialised methods for work on items as diverse as car seats and painted gilt leather wall hangings and screens.
Languages
English
