EUR Georgia Preventive Conservation of the Textile and Embroidery Collection of the Shalva Amiranashvili Art Museum
To provide proper storage for the textile and embroidery collections at the Shalva Amiranashvili Art Museum in Tbilisi. The collection, consisting of items made between the 12th and the 19th centuries, includes objects embroidered with gold and silver and decorated with precious stones. There are over 5,000 pieces in the collection, including ecclesiastical and heirloom objects, many from Georgia, but also from Persian and Byzantine origin. The project will also digitize the inventory, and initiate conservation activities.
EUR Georgia Preventive Conservation of the Textile and Embroidery Collection of the Shalva Amiranashvili Art Museum
To provide proper storage for the textile and embroidery collections at the Shalva Amiranashvili Art Museum in Tbilisi. The collection, consisting of items made between the 12th and the 19th centuries, includes objects embroidered with gold and silver and decorated with precious stones. There are over 5,000 pieces in the collection, including ecclesiastical and heirloom objects, many from Georgia, but also from Persian and Byzantine origin. The project will also digitize the inventory, and initiate conservation activities.