Sherry Doyal

Head of Organic Artefacts Conservation Section
Leads the team of conservators of organic artefacts conservation for display, loan, study and storage Department: Conservation and Scientific Research

 

Sherry joined the section in 2006 and was previously employed at the Horniman Museum in London (ethnography designated collection); the National Trust Devon and Cornwall and private practice; Exeter City Museums (ethnography designated collection); the Victoria and Albert Museum; the National Trust Southern; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Crown Suppliers Textile Conservation Studio; the Textile Conservation Centre Hampton Court Palace and York Archaeological Trust.

Her current areas of special interest include plant material collections and basketry.

Contact

conservation@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7323 8086

External fellowships/ membership of professional bodies

  • Millennium Fellow: Exeter City Museums/Maidstone Museum sharing museum skills - bark cloth conservation.

  • Member of the Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA)

  • Member of the Museum Ethnographers’ Group (MEG)

  • Member of the Basketmakers Association (BA)

Recent publications

S. Doyal, 'The treatment of the Wellington Museum Apsley House hall porter’s chair: a case study of the treatment of coated fabric', The Conservator, 20 (1996), pp.77-86

S. Doyal, M. Sandiford, 'Architectural linings and backings', in Lining and Backing: the support of paintings, paper and textiles, (UKIC, 1995), pp.60-66

S. Doyal, G. Shearer,'Use of FT-IR in the conservation of twentieth century objects', in Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology II (San Francisco, 1990), pp.813-823

S. Doyal, 'The analysis and documentation of upholstered objects', in Upholstery Conservation, (Colonial Williamsberg, 1990) pp.42-54

S. Doyal, V. Davies, 'Upholstered mattress construction and conservation', in Conservation of Furnishing Textiles, (Glasgow, 1990), pp.58-68