Gregg Perry

The Historic Preservationist

Arts EN ↓ 1035 episodes

Conservation scholar Gregg Perry will lead us back into time on a journey of restoring and conserving 17th -19th century period architecture furnishings and timepieces.

Author

Gregg Perry

Category

Arts

Latest episode

May 10, 2026

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Episodes

108. The 18th Century 31.08.2021

Countryside and industry, the economics of the get of change.

107. English Antiques- pewter 30.08.2021

Pewter styles and development

106. Glossary of conservation and restoration terms 30.08.2021

Glossary

105. Finding a laboratory and a conservator 29.08.2021

Finding a furniture conservator.

104. Health hazards and healthy practices 29.08.2021

Toxic substances, safety equipment, shop precautions,chemicals to avoid.

103. Insects and other pests and what to do about them. 29.08.2021

Detection, wood-burrows and other pests.

102 Moving and storing furniture artifacts 28.08.2021

Lifting, what to wear. Thermal shock, crates. Storage space.

101. Good housekeeping for artifacts 28.08.2021

Understanding dust, detached veneer, cleaning marble, spilled liquids and your cleaning staff.

100. Surface and finish care and repair:part III 24.08.2021

Recommended finishes, feeding a finish, types of finishes to avoid and wax and polishes

99 Surface and finish-part II 24.08.2021

The furniture finish, removing flawed finishes and refinishing.

98. Surface and finish- care and repair _Part I 22.08.2021

The furniture surfaces, repairing surface dents and fillers-part I

97. Metal Elements & Metal leaf Repair & replacement-Part II 22.08.2021

Repairing guilding services

96. Metal elements in metal leaf-repair and replacement-Part I 22.08.2021

Removal and storage, cleaning metal parts and lubricating and moving metal parts.

95. Why don’t the French Celebrate Lafayette. 20.08.2021

It’s Lafayette

94. English antiques-edged weapons 20.08.2021

The development of the knives and swords from antiquity through the present.

93. English Antiques- Clocks 18.08.2021

The development and superior rein of the English Clock.

92. English Antique- Furniture 18.08.2021

The designers, periods and styles of British furniture.

91. English Antiques- Glass Makers 17.08.2021

The art of the English glass maker

90. History of the preservation movement 17.08.2021

Additional historic preservation acts enacted to present.

89. Thermally modified wood 17.08.2021

A new choice of timber for historic preservationist.

88. Furniture care and conservation- wood elements part II 17.08.2021

Separation of moldings, structural joint separation, missing parts, materials: original or synthetic and veneer losses.

87. Furniture care and conservation- wood elememts 17.08.2021

Wood separation, cleaving veneer and inlay and adhesives for mending separations.

86 The cleaning, dirty furniture 16.08.2021

Surface cleaning, heavier cleaning

85 History of preservation movement - Part II 16.08.2021

Various historic Acts past from -1949-1966

84. Furniture Examination Techniques- Part II 16.08.2021

A trial run on paper, photographing the collection, X-rays and UV light.

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