Kress Conservation Fellow shares details on the timber work and leather work in the conservation of Princess Carolina, a transatlantic trading vessel.

Analysis is an important part of conservation because identifying specific materials in an artifact helps us better understand how an artifact degrades, its history, and much more. For La Isabel, we were interested in learning more about two specific materials: wood and fibers.

Transition into the next steps of this conservation project which involve looking more closely at La Isabel’s history, structure, and condition.

The first step in a project to assess the condition of La Isabel, a Jábega boat, a traditional fishing trawler from Málaga, Spain. It was built in 1925 and came to The Mariners’ Museum and Park in 1933 not long after the Museum opened.