David Giles

Specialist mounter

Mounting of Western Art on paper

Department: Conservation and Scientific Research

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7323 8296
Email: dgiles @ thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

David Giles studied for a degree in Fine Art at Manchester Polytechnic before training as a Paper Conservator at Camberwell College of Art. He has worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum as a picture framing technician before joining the western art on paper section at the British Museum in 2001.

David is currently the contact person in the mounting studio for exhibitions within the British Museum.

Current British Museum projects

 

Previous British Museum projects

Mounting British 20th century drawings for exhibition in September 2008

Mounting John White watercolours for A New World: England’s first view of America exhibition

Mounting Michelangelo drawings for the exhibition Closer to the Master

External fellowships/ honorary positions/ membership of professional bodies

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Publications

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