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Hearst Castle's® Flemish Sofa!

MPF Conservation had the pleasure to conserve
William Randolph Hearst's Flemish Sofa,
shown installed in the Gothic Library of the Hearst Castle® after treatment, above. 
Our team included Stan Derelian, tapestry conservator, and an example of his amazing reweaving
and repair can be seen in detail in the photos at the bottom of the page and
in the documentation offered below.
This is not the treatment document, but a PDF meant for public viewing:
Click here to view our PDF

Special Thanks to the Friends of the Hearst Castle for funding this project!

We have two slideshows available for viewing the process of conservation of the Flemish Sofa. 
The shorter one is an edited version of the longer one. 
Depending upon the sped of your computer, it could take several minutes to download.
The slideshow can be viewed on Windows Media Player:

 2005 Flemish Sofa Slideshow (Short: 50 minutes)

2005 Flemish Sofa Slideshow (Long: 1 hour 15 minutes)

Before and after conservation, which took nearly two years! 

Before Conservation      After Conservation

Before Conservation      After Conservation

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Special Thanks to the State of California, Hearst Castle® for their permission in using the Flemish Sofa on our website!