En Curmansk saga Bevarandeproblematik hos takhängda tapetvåder i nygöticistisk interiör

Abstract

The main purpose of this thesis has been to address the problem connected with conservation of specific objects in historic buildings that have a protected building status. The immaterial demands and environmental concerns of a place of cultural significance are discussed as opposed to the welladapted setting of a museum, with regard to long-term preservation. In an authentic interior of a certain era, large-scale individual treatments of the objects that define it and regulations for conservation-related reasons, may not be considered a worth-while effort, as it is often the integrity of the environment as a whole that has been declared as significant. To investigate the relationship between object and its context, a case study has been conducted by examination of the property called ”Curmans villor”, located in the seaside community called Lysekil. The exterior as well as the interior of the buildings have been constructed according to the stylistic preferences that were brought about by the ”göticistic” revival in the late ninteenth century. The Nordic tendencies in the aesthetics of the interior is further enhanced by the existance of a collection of wallpapers that are lined with textile and nailed to the ceiling. An object of this kind, composed of different materials, presents difficulties in finding an appropriate treatment method. By defining the historic circumstances of the construction of the buildings as well as that of the wallpapers, a cultural context has been established as playing a significant part in the discussion regarding a hypothetical conservation treatment of the wallpaper collection. In conclusion, the aspiration to preserve the material structure of an object whilst preserving its immaterial values, often reveals itself as a contradiction; thus making the issue of cultural heritage not a matter of timeless objectivity, but of modern priorities.