Materials Conservation Co., LLC provides professional services for the conservation of architecture, in-situ art, and movable objects.
Working in a variety of contexts, Materials Conservation addresses the conservation needs of historic buildings and their elements, private and public collections, sculpture, museum objects, mural paintings, and other heritage resources. The firm's mission to preserve material heritage is achieved through our ability to design and implement appropriate responses to conservation issues. Our service
05/03/2019
Join conservator Marco Federico on a Jane's Walk through 3 churchyards and the neighborhoods that connect them in Queen Village and Society Hill tomorrow morning at 10am starting at Gloria Dei (Olde Swedes) at Swanson and Christian Streets.
02/25/2019
The Neighborhood Preservation Toolkit from PennPraxis is designed to help you: care for an older home; improve or maintain design quality and character; support local businesses; learn and share history; create change and influence policy.
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02/14/2019
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02/14/2019
MC Chief Conservator, Andrew Fearon, is part of a team assembled by the University of Pennsylvania in partnership with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to perform an assessment and conservation planning for Wright’s Taliesin West, in Scottsdale AZ. Pictured here is the investigation of the wooden elements of the original dining room of the complex. @ Scottsdale, Arizona
02/08/2019
MC is conserving a series of mosaics entitled “Youth Carrying the Heritage of Arts from the Past into the Future.” The mosaics were created by Monty Lewis in 1941 as part of the WPA Federal Arts Program and were originally installed at the now demolished Trenton Central High School. Upon completion of a new school facility, MC will reinstall these colorful mosaics.
02/01/2019
Conservation Specialist and Sculptor, Lee Dunsmore, is replicating the beaded astragal moulding on an Indiana Limestone cornice. This design motif was common in Greek and Roman architecture and in the Classical Revival styles. Examples can be found at the Pantheon in Rome, Delphi in Greece and modern examples at the United States Supreme Court. @ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
02/01/2019
01/09/2019
MC is currently working at Eastern State Penitentiary to conserve the cell block where the infamous Al Capone was held for 8 months in 1929. Marco Federico, Senior Conservator, is stabilizing and conserving the original plaster walls.
12/25/2018
Happy Holidays from the Materials Conservation family!
12/21/2018
Human-shaped coffins became common in ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom. The form continued through the Ptolemaic Period, when this coffin lid was made for "the Osiris, Sema-ir-dis." Conservation of the polychrome finish is currently being carried out in Glencairn’s Egyptian Gallery by Conservator Natalie Karas (AIC-PA) of Materials Conservation Co., LLC.
12/14/2018
Conservation of Indiana Limestone figures at . Historic photographs are a vital component that help our team recreate the original form and profile of weathered or missing features.
11/30/2018
Glencairn Museum in Bryn Athyn, PA houses an incredible collection of medieval polychrome sculpture. MC recently completed stabilization and conservation of The Visitation, a French 12th century polychrome limestone sculpture depicting the biblical story of the Virgin Mary visiting her cousin Elizabeth.