Francesca Levey

Arms & Armour conservator, opinions my own

[Emma-Kate Lanyon @EKLanyon]

“Is there’re anything in the collection we can share online to mark the coronation?”
Me: Well, there’s the scaffold cloth from Charles I’s execution; passed down through the Walcot family & said to be stained with the monarch's blood.
“Er, OK… perhaps we’ll order some bunting.”

[Francesca Levey @Francescalevey]

Well done everyone!

[Hilary Jarvis @HilarySJarvis]

Shout out to all the @Conservators_UK behind the #coronation : heck of a lot of textile, metalwork, books, chairs, ermine, jewels, stone and incredible decorative objects on show today. Some ancient. All on top form ✨👑

[Hilary Jarvis @HilarySJarvis]

Shout out to all the @Conservators_UK behind the #coronation : heck of a lot of textile, metalwork, books, chairs, ermine, jewels, stone and incredible decorative objects on show today. Some ancient. All on top form ✨👑

[Royal Collection Trust @RCT]

Francesca in our armour conservation studio shares why she loves her job: Armours are steel exoskeletons, so working with them gives you a real sense of shape and size of the people who wore them; it feels very personal. #AskAConservator

[Living London History | Jack Chesher @livinglondonhis]

A few bollards in London are actually repurposed upended cannon, like this one by Southwark Bridge.

Look for the tell-tale stumps left when the trunnions (the protrusions that allowed it to sit on a carriage) were removed.

[Francesca Levey @Francescalevey]

@KloeRumsey @sennydreadful @natasha_pulley The Bear and the Nightingale (trilogy) K. Arden or City of Brass series by S.A. Chakraborty

[Francesca Levey @Francescalevey]

🌟Calling conservators🌟 does anyone know where I can get my hands on some Fynebond?

[Francesca Levey @Francescalevey]

@QWConservation @ICONCGG Did you ever manage to get any? I am now in the same situation!

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

After sleeping for over 1000 years, some lotus seeds discovered at an excavation site from Song Dynasty (960-1279) in Kaifeng, Henan have been successfully revived. Now 2nd-generation seeds are blossoming at Zhejiang University Museum of Art and Archaeology in Hangzhou.

📷 : VCG

[Royal Collection Trust @RCT]

One week to go! Our Japan exhibition will open on 8 April. See stunning samurai armour, beautifully intricate ceramic vases and even a colourful hare! https://t.co/Am8jUGzP5w

[Royal Collection Trust @RCT]

This armour, with a helmet dating from 1537,
was given to Queen Victoria’s son Prince
Alfred by the Emperor Meiji in 1869. He was
the first foreign royal of any nationality to visit
modern Japan.

[Royal Collection Trust @RCT]

This armour is thought to have been given to the future King George V by the Emperor Meiji during his visit to Japan as a teenager in 1881.

[Royal Collection Trust @RCT]

In preparation for the exhibition 'Japan: Courts and Culture', opening at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace on 8 April, members of Royal Collection Trust staff are pictured installing a display of rare surviving samurai armour and weaponry. https://t.co/s82xazFdwt

[The C Word @thecwordpodcast]

Y'know how we were saying in our last episode that #AskACurator has a conservation counterpart in #AskAConservator?

Well it's back for another year, so mark your calendars! 📅 This year's Ask-A-Conservator Day is November 4th! 🗓️

Read more here: https://t.co/FNwLKQ5RjF

[Francesca Levey @Francescalevey]

@AdamAfriyie
Please support @WAWofficialUK
The wedding industry in the UK alone:
👩‍💻 Employs over 400,000 people
💷 Contributes £14.7bn to the economy every year
💝 Must be protected as an important part of society, culture and religion
#whataboutweddings
#weneedaroadmap

[Francesca Levey @Francescalevey]

Save the Wallace Collection Library and Archive - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/Iuw4EKELCI via @UKChange

[Francesca Levey @Francescalevey]

@RCT @YorkshireMuseum Glass eye + decomposing face with a creepy smile... thanks for the nightmares!

[Royal Collection Trust @RCT]

This 17th-century sword blade is etched in Latin. It reads ‘He who strikes with the sword dies by the sword’ and ‘He who nature has denied strength gains his end by craft’.

It is on display in the Queen's Guard Chamber at #WindsorCastle. https://t.co/LkThN42n6n

[Royal Collection Trust @RCT]

This armour is on display in the Queen's Guard Chamber at #WindsorCastle. It belonged to Prince Charles around 1615. Read on for a quiz question about it...

[Francesca Levey @Francescalevey]

Happy Birthday George IV !

[Royal Collection Trust @RCT]

Happy Birthday to George IV, born #OTD in 1762. Do you remember the presents you received on your 6th birthday? Probably not 21 brass miniature guns. George III considered these an excellent gift ‘for the instruction and amusement’ of the young George IV https://t.co/97AzMOtHAv