Mag. Irena Jeras Dimovska

Skrinja iz okolice Radovljice

Leta 2018 so na Jesenicah rušili že dolgo zapuščeno staro zgradbo še iz časa Ilirskih provinc, ljudsko šolo na ulici Mirka Roglja 2. Med rušenjem so delavci, ki so gradili kanalizacijo, orodje občasno shranjevali v skrinji, ki je brez zaščite stala na prostem, izpostavljena tako mehanskim poškodbam, onesnaženemu okolju, vodi, neustrezni svetlobi kot temperaturi in relativni vlagi. Skratka, vsem možnim dejavnikom, ki v strukturi predmeta povzročajo nepovratne fizikalne, biološke in kemične spremembe, kar posledično spremeni tudi videz predmeta.

Skrinja je na razstavo vključena kot praktični primer prikaza stanja ob prihodu v muzej. Manjkajo ji noga, desna stranska letev na pokrovu in letve, ki obrobljajo poslikavo na bočni stranici. Je zelo umazana, prašna, polna pajčevin, živalskih iztrebkov, voščenih in barvnih madežev. Na prednji stranici v osrednjem polju ter obeh stranskih poslikanih poljih so v preteklosti izrezali pravokoten, poslikan del lesa. Nastalo zračno odprtino so pokrili z železno gosto tkano mrežo, ki so jo na skrinjo pritrdili z žeblji. Skrinjo so uporabljali kot kletko, v kateri so gojili manjše živali, verjetno zajce.

Veliko drastičnih posegov v predmet nismo zasledili. Večina skrinj ima poleg umazanije in ostankov drugih nečistoč predvsem mehanske poškodbe. Veliko je vzdrževalnih popravil, kot so npr. zamenjava pantov, dotrajanih desk, letev, dodatne pritrditve z žeblji, spreminjanje zaporedja predelnih sten v notranjosti skrinj in drugo. Pri tem se večina vzdrževalcev ni ozirala na estetski videz skrinje, osredotočili so se samo na funkcionalnost predmeta, zato smo včasih

Skrinja iz okolice Radovljice Dimenzije: 156 x 53 x 67 cm

priča res iznajdljivim rešitvam. Po drugi strani pa imamo tudi nekaj primerov, na katerih je vidna želja po estetski spremembi. O tem pričajo preslikave, ki smo jih v našem muzeju bodisi odstranili in ohranili originalno poslikavo bodisi zaradi zgodovinsko dokumentacijskega elementa konservirali/restavrirali do te mere, da smo ohranili del originala in del preslikave.

Gorenjski muzej hrani 174 kosov poslikanega pohištva. Iz kustodiata za etnologijo je bilo konserviranih/restavriranih 117 eksponatov, od tega 69 predmetov poslikanega pohištva. Na razstavi smo želeli virtualno prikazati nekatere faze konservatorsko-restavratorskih postopkov z nekaj poudarjenimi detajli. V digitalno animacijo smo zajeli devet skrinj.

Irena Jeras Dimovska, M.A.

Chest from the vicinity of Radovljica

Dimensions: 156 x 53 x 67 cm

In 2018, a long-abandoned old building dating from the time of the Illyrian Provinces, a people’s school on Mirka Roglja Street, was demolished in Jesenice. During the demolition, workers who were constructing the sewerage occasionally stored tools in a chest that stood in the open without protection, exposed to mechanical damage, environmental pollution, water, unsuitable light, temperature and relative humidity. In short, all the possible factors that cause irreversible physical, biological and chemical changes in the structure of an object, which consequently also changes the appearance of the object.

The chest is included in the exhibition as a practical example of the state on arrival at the museum. It is missing a leg, a slat on right-hand side of the cover, and slats that surround the painting on the side. It is very dirty, dusty, full of cobwebs, animal faeces, waxes and paint stains. In the past, they had cut out the rectangular, painted part of the wood on the front, in the central field and both side painted fields. The resulting ventilation openings had been covered with a dense iron woven mesh that was attached to the chest with nails. The chest had been used as a cage for small animals, probably rabbits.

We did not find many drastic interventions in the object. Most chests have mechanical damage in addition to dirt and the remains of other impurities. Many are maintenance repairs, such as the replacement of pins, worn boards, slats, additional fixings with nails, changing the order of partitions inside chests, and more. Most maintainers paid no attention to the aesthetic appearance of the chest, they focused only on the functionality of the object, so some really ingenious solutions are sometimes seen. On the other hand, there are also some examples that show a desire for aesthetic change. This is evidenced by repainting that we have either removed in our museum or preserved/restored the original painting or, for the sake of historical documentation to the extent that we preserved part of the original and part of the repainting.

Gorenjska Museum holds 174 items of painted furniture. One hundred and seventeen exhibits from the Ethnology Department have been conserved or restored, of which 69 are items of painted furniture. In the exhibition, we wanted to provide a virtual presentation of some phases of the conservation and restoration processes, with some highlighted details. Nine chests were captured in digital animation.

Nekdanji konservatorsko-restavratorski pripomočki

10,00 €