About the Authors
Nancie Ravenel is the object conservator at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. She was awarded her M.S. in art conservation from the University of Delaware/Winterthur Museum program and is a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation.
This work began in conjunction with the conservation treatment of pieces within the museum's decoy collection to support the renovation and re-installation of the Dorset House, the building on the Shelburne Museum campus where that collection is displayed.
This work began in conjunction with the conservation treatment of pieces within the museum's decoy collection to support the renovation and re-installation of the Dorset House, the building on the Shelburne Museum campus where that collection is displayed.
An exhibition featuring a portion of the collection"Birds of a Feather" opened November 21, 2015 in the museum's Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education and ran through June 19, 2016. The exhibition included some of the radiographic images included in this site.
Some of the images on this site are included in a catalog of the collection entitled Birds of a Feather: Wildfowl Decoys at Shelburne Museum, by Kory Rogers, Cynthia Byrd, and Nancie Ravenel, and published by Rizzoli/Skira and Shelburne Museum in 2017. The Dorset House re-opened to the public September 1, 2017.
Lesley Day Mirling was the Foundation for the American Institute for Consevation (FAIC)/Kress Foundation Fellow in conservation at Shelburne Museum from September 2016-September 2017. She was awarded her M.A. in the conservation of archeological and ethnographic objects from the University of California, Los Angeles/J. Paul Getty Museum program in 2016.
Shelburne Museum is grateful to FAIC and the Kress Foundation for the funding that permitted Ms. Mirling's participation in this project.
Some of the images on this site are included in a catalog of the collection entitled Birds of a Feather: Wildfowl Decoys at Shelburne Museum, by Kory Rogers, Cynthia Byrd, and Nancie Ravenel, and published by Rizzoli/Skira and Shelburne Museum in 2017. The Dorset House re-opened to the public September 1, 2017.
Lesley Day Mirling was the Foundation for the American Institute for Consevation (FAIC)/Kress Foundation Fellow in conservation at Shelburne Museum from September 2016-September 2017. She was awarded her M.A. in the conservation of archeological and ethnographic objects from the University of California, Los Angeles/J. Paul Getty Museum program in 2016.
Shelburne Museum is grateful to FAIC and the Kress Foundation for the funding that permitted Ms. Mirling's participation in this project.
