Restoring the Tapestry Room

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In 2011, for the first time since it opened in 1914, the Gardner Museum’s 4,000-square-foot Tapestry Room has been restored to its original glory. The restoration of this beloved space returned the Tapestry Room to its original configuration for the first time since a temporary stage, chairs, and other modern elements were added to accommodate formal concerts in the early 1970s. Conservation treatment encompassed cleaning, restoration, and reinstallation of many parts of the gallery—including its Mercer-tiled floors and French medieval stone fireplace, select art and furniture objects, and new lighting. The historic arrangement of furniture in the center of the gallery and other vignettes around the windows as depicted in early photographs were also restored.