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Contents
Letter from the Materia editors
I. Pride of the Last Peacock: A Look at John La Farge’s Final Peacock Window Peer Reviewed
II. The Coloured Edges of De Stijl: A Conservator’s Perspective on Artworks by Cornelis van Eesteren and Theo van Doesburg Peer Reviewed
III. Plaster Decoration: The Stucco Makers from Southern Switzerland at Work Peer Reviewed
IVa. The Adventure of a Feather, a Glass Ball, and a Seahorse: Methodological Reflections on the Material History of Futurist Artworks. Peer Reviewed
IVb. L’avventura di una Piuma, di una Pallina di Vetro e di un Cavalluccio Marino: Riflessioni Metodologiche sulla Storia Materiale delle Opere Futuriste.
V. Voices from the Field: Empiricism, Archives & the “Conservator’s Eye”

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