<div dir="auto">Hello am I allowed to recommend myself? I am fully qualified to work on leather and have done leather objects in the past. I have recently gained the right to work in Canada, I am British </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Paul Harrison BSc conservation UCL and FIIC , fellow of the international institute conservation, I am though currently in Leicester UK coming to Canada soon I am in contact with with the leather conservation centre here, my mentor was the previous head conservation there , if there are difficulties </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 at 18:27, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv via Listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi BC museum folks!</div><div><br></div><div>It was recently pointed out to us at the Summerland Museum that our saddles on display are in need of some conservation care. Both were used by prominent early citizens of our community and are a priority for preservation. Please see photos of the saddles attached.</div><div><br></div><div>As a first step, I will be putting a barrier between the saddles and wooden mounts they are displayed on. Next, I would like to find a leather conservator or someone else with a similar skillset who could help slow down the decay of the leather.</div><div><br></div><div>Can anyone recommend a conservator who works with these kind of materials?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks very much,</div><div>Petra</div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;background:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;table-layout:fixed;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><tbody><tr><td cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" valign="middle" style="padding:0px 7px 0px 0px;border-left:none rgb(212,0,120);border-top:none rgb(212,0,120);border-bottom:none rgb(212,0,120);border-right:3px solid rgb(212,0,120);width:87px"><font size="1"><img width="96" height="83" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yDAjDX-n1YoDrn3Sl0JWGydoGlcKfG4x-OpB9PeK_E2GLdHIFAj4oJl8r36WLU4pBQEpFaYYY"></font></td><td cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 7px"><table style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;background-color:transparent"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 0px 3px;line-height:1.4;font-weight:600"><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(212,0,120);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Petra Höller </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#999999">(</font></span></font><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="1" color="#999999"><i>They/She)</i></font></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding:0px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1"><font size="1">Curator<br></font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding:0px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;line-height:1"><font size="1">Summerland Museum and Archives</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding:0px;line-height:1.4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin-right:10px"><font size="1">(250) 494-9395</font></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding:0px;line-height:1.4"><span style="outline:0px;display:inline-block;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin-right:10px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#666666" size="1"><u>curator@</u></font><a href="mailto:archives@summerlandmuseum.org" style="outline:0px;display:inline-block" target="_blank"><font color="#666666" size="1">summerlandmuseum.org</font></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><td width="100%" colspan="2" style="padding:0px;width:608px"><font size="1">The Summerland Museum and Archives respectfully acknowledges <br>that we are situated on the unceded and ancestral territory of the Syilx People.</font></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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