Scientific symposium on the exhibition and the research project
17.11.–19.11.2024 at Stadtmuseum Dresden, Wilsdruffer Str. 2, 01067 Dresden, as well as online via Zoom
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The scientific symposium concludes the research and restoration project of the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) on the furniture collection of the ebenist Jean-Pierre Latz. Accompanying the special exhibition "Fait à Paris: Furniture Creations by Jean-Pierre Latz at the Dresden Court", the symposium that will be held from November 17th to 19th 2024 in Dresden invites participants to exchange and discuss the research results.
The conference will present and contextualize the results of the research project, along with workshop reports on various restorations. In addition to the conservators and art historians involved in the project, international experts will provide further insights into the collection from various perspectives.
The lectures will be held in German, French and Italian, pre-translated and subtitled online in English.
The conference will take place in presence in the Festsaal of the Stadtmuseum (Wilsdruffer Str. 2, 01067 Dresden).
Conference fee
regular 70,00 €
students 50,00 €
(prices include admission to the exhibition “Fait à Paris” in the State Apartment of the Residenzschloss from 17.11. at 10 am to 19.11. at 6 pm as well as drinks during the breaks and two small lunches. Please note that the Residenzschloss is closed on Tuesday, November 18.)
online 30,00 €
ticket link online
Planned schedule & programme
Sunday 17.11.2024
15.00 – 15.30 Registration
15.30 – 15.45 Welcome, Thomas A. Geisler
15:45 – 16:00 Review of the „Fait à Paris“ research project, Christiane Ernek-van der Goes & Clara von Engelhardt
Session I Introduction - Jean-Pierre Latz's furniture at the Saxon and Prussian courts
16.00 – 16.45 “Comme au milieu de Paris”: Actors and modalities of Franco-Saxon interrelations in Augustan Dresden, Dr. Christian Gründig
16.45 – 17.15 French furniture at the Saxon court - a subsumption, Christiane Ernek-van der Goes
17.15 – 17.45 King Frederick II's Parisian purchases: Bureau Plat and Cartonnier for Sanssouci Palace from the Latz workshop, Dr. Henriette Graf
17.45 – 18.00 Discussion & Questions
18.30 – 20.00 Individual exploration of the exhibition, Project team will give impulse tours at different spots in the galleries
Monday 18.11.2024
Session II Jean-Pierre Latz: A German cabinetmaker in Paris
09.00 – 09.30 From Kurköln to Paris. The network around Jean-Pierre Latz, Dr. Miriam Schefzyk
09.30 – 10.00 Jean-Pierre Latz - a biographical sketch
10:00 – 10:15 Discussion & Questions
10:15 – 10.45 Coffee break
Session III The outcomes of the research project
10.45 – 10.15 Introduction and first insights into the technological investigations, Clara von Engelhardt
11:15 – 11.45 Boulle marquetry from the workshop of Jean-Pierre Latz - a search for traces, Irmela Breidenstein
11.45 – 12.15 Colourfulness and material diversity of the contre partie by Jean-Pierre Latz, Silvia Oertel / Clara von Engelhardt
12.15 – 12.30 Discussion & Questions
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break
13.30 – 14.00 Ornamental mounts and top figures of the objects made by the workshop of Jean-Pierre Latz - A search for traces of materials and technologies, Dr. Michael Mäder / Clara von Engelhardt
14.00 – 14.30 The movements of the clock cases made by the workshop of Jean-Pierre Latz , Johannes Eulitz
14.30 – 14.45 Discussion & Questions
14.45 – 15.15 Coffee break
Session IV Innovative methods in conservation and reconstruction
15.15 – 15.45 „Reperirt und geputzt“ – as usual and over and over again? New concepts of cleaning for the furniture in boulle technique by Jean-Pierre Latz, Irmela Breidenstein
15.45 – 16.15 On the copy of a Boulle wall bracket by Jean-Pierre Latz and the printing of marquetry - possibilities and limitations, Robert Zalesky / Martin Schallhammer
16.15 – 16.45 Plastic replicas of fire-gilded sculptures using the 3D printing process, Clara von Engelhardt / Haber & Brandner GmbH
16.45 – 17.00 Discussion & Questions
Tuesday 19.11.2024
Session V International contextualisation of the Dresden furniture by Jean-Pierre Latz and other Parisian objects from the mid-18th century
09.00 – 09.30 The iconography of French clocks at the court of Dresden, Marie-Ange Jesú Duchâtel
09.30 – 10.00 18th century French furniture and furnishings in the Palazzo del Quirinale collections, Dr. Luisa Morozzi
10.00 – 10.15 Discussion & Questions
10.15 – 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 – 11.15 „Le goût de nôtre siècle“ – Principles of spatial art and new designs, Prof. Hans Ottomeyer
11.15 – 11.45 Monumental splendour - brass castings and furniture from Paris for the Saxon court during the reign of king Augustus III (1733-1763), Anne Ilaria Weiß
11.45 – 12.00 Discussion & Questions
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch break
Session VI The reception of Jean-Pierre Latz's furniture and new perspectives
13.00 – 13.30 The reception of Jean-Pierre Latz's furniture in Dresden in the 19th century, Christiane Ernek-van der Goes
13.30 – 14.00 Latz's legacy in the virtual world: digital restoration and animation of artistic craft processes, Prof. Dr. Markus Wacker / Tobias Friedrich
14.00 – 14.30 Colonial-critical perspective on the materials of Jean-Pierre Latz's objects, Sojin Baik
14.30 – 15.00 Final discussion
