Staff List
Fellows/Interns Staff: Francoise Richard
Mellon Fellow
Françoise Richard, Mellon Fellow in paper conservation, graduated from the Parisian art School École Estienne where she studied historic and contemporary book binding, drawing, and printing techniques. She received her MA in Art Conservation from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
Ms. Richard has built her expertise in both book and paper conservation in various private practices and institutions across Europe, United Kingdom and North America: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France; Biblioteca Marciana,Venezia, Italy; Book and Paper Conservation Studio, Dundee, Scotland; Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA and Library and Archives Canada, Gatineau, QC, Canada. She conducted book conservation treatments on fine leather bindings, paper and parchment limp bindings ranging from 16th to 19th century. She also contributed to book conservation science with a study conducted at the Centre de Recherches pour la Conservation des Collections (Paris, France): a comparison between three toning products applied on new leather used in conservation treatments.
In regards to flat paper treatments, Ms. Richard worked with private conservators in the south of France on a wide range of historic and artistic artifacts including 18th century wallpapers, fine drawings, early 19th century handwritten maps "Cadastres Napoléoniens" and contemporary prints.
At the Library of Congress Ms. Richard treated the Presidential manuscripts of George Washington and James Madison. This conservation project was the starting point of a study on history and identification of adhesives and materials once used to laminate documents. She will be presenting her research at the next CAC ACCR Meeting in Montréal, May 2008. Her most recent article about backing removal was published in French review Coré, #19, Feb. 2008, “Le Retrait du doublage des œuvres sur papier”.
Ms. Richard joined CCAHA in September 2007. Among the numerous projects she worked on was a conservation and collection survey of Fraktur drawings, treatments of platinium and silver gelatine prints, and architectural drawings on tracing paper.
She is a member of FFCR, Fédération Française des Conservateurs Restaurateurs.