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Reduced, re-used and recycled: The treatment and re-display of a repurposed seventeenth-century Coromandel lacquer screen in the Acton Collection, Villa La Pietra, Florence, Italy

This paper discusses the treatment of a seventeenth-century Coromandel lacquer screen displayed in the Acton Collection of New York University (NYU) Villa La Pietra (Florence, Italy). Altered before purchase from its original form as a multi-panel folding screen, several reduced sections of a screen were joined together and reworked to form a decorative panel. After more than 60 years of display, the panel was found to be in extremely poor condition; structurally unstable with severe flaking of the lacquer, it could no longer be displayed as intended by the Acton family. Examination revealed inherent problems resulting from the original fabrication techniques and materials in addition to damage caused by the highly invasive methods used to repurpose the original folding screen into a rigid decorative panel. These issues were exacerbated by exposure to unstable environmental conditions. The eclectic esthetic principles of the Acton Collection dictated the design of the treatment plan and decisions about it...