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top"> <div class="avatar-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/author/maude_willaerts"> <img src="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/themes/vam-2018/assets/img/default-avatar-sand.svg" class="" width="60" height="60" alt="null"> </a> </div> <div class="info-wrapper"> <span class="name"><a href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/author/maude_willaerts" title="Posts by Maude Willaerts" rel="author">Maude Willaerts</a></span><br> <span class="department">Furniture, Textiles and Fashion</span><br> <span class="date">December 13, 2019</span> </div> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><strong>We are a month into decanting the 20th Century and Rapid Response Collecting Galleries and this week we have been busy moving some of our more complicated objects.</strong></p> <p>A decant cannot run smoothly without the collaborative efforts of various departments sharing their knowledge and expertise. Ahead of the move, curators and conservators methodically assessed the condition of every object in the galleries. Once they identified vulnerable elements, they consulted with technical services – our object handlers – to determine the safest way to move every object. Many pieces were stable enough to be transported by trolley, but others were particularly complicated to handle, such as this chest of drawers by Dutch designer Tejo Remy. Called ‘You Can’t Lay Down <span style="font-size: 1em;">You Memory’ it consists of 21 drawer </span><span style="font-size: 1em;">compartments piled on top of each other, held in place with a ratchet strap. Each drawer was salvaged from an existing piece of furniture and inserted into maple cases.</span></p> <figure id="attachment_56180" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56180" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="wp-image-56180 size-large" src="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009BY6810-610x813.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="813" srcset="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009BY6810-610x813.jpg 610w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009BY6810-290x387.jpg 290w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009BY6810.jpg 768w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009BY6810-720x960.jpg 720w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009BY6810-740x987.jpg 740w" sizes="(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-56180" class="wp-caption-text">“You Can’t Lay Down Your Memory” chest of drawers, reclaimed drawers, maple, hemp, steel, The Netherlands, designed by Tejo Remy in 1991, manufactured by Droog Design after 1993, object no. W.39:1 to 22–2008.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Technical Services team assessed that it would be impossible to move the chest of drawers without compromising its perfect balance. Moving it would cause drawers to rattle and, at worse, fall off. Hence, we made a decision to completely dismantle the object. The perilous exercise required two technicians to stand either side of the chest of drawers. Whilst ensuring the strap remained tense and tight enough to support the construction, they stabilised the lower drawers with their knees. Nigel Bamforth, the furniture conservator in charge of the project, carefully took out drawers and housings one by one, allowing Philip James and Benjamin Brown, the technicians, to readjust their grip after each piece was removed.</p> <figure id="attachment_72930" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-72930" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-72930 size-large" src="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8520-610x813.jpeg" alt="" width="610" height="813" srcset="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8520-610x813.jpeg 610w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8520-290x387.jpeg 290w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8520-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8520-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8520-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8520-1440x1920.jpeg 1440w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8520-720x960.jpeg 720w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8520-740x987.jpeg 740w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8520-scaled.jpeg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-72930" class="wp-caption-text">© Victoria and Albert Museum, London</figcaption></figure> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure id="attachment_72931" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-72931" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-72931 size-large" src="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8404-610x458.jpeg" alt="" width="610" height="458" srcset="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8404-610x458.jpeg 610w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8404-290x218.jpeg 290w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8404-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8404-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8404-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8404-1440x1080.jpeg 1440w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8404-720x540.jpeg 720w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8404-740x555.jpeg 740w" sizes="(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-72931" class="wp-caption-text">© Victoria and Albert Museum, London</figcaption></figure> <p>As parts were removed, the team laid the bottom drawers flat to maintain the balance and weight distribution.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-56165 size-large" src="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/Tejo-Remy-You-Cant-Lay-Down-Your-Memory-Deinstall-4-610x458.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="458" srcset="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/Tejo-Remy-You-Cant-Lay-Down-Your-Memory-Deinstall-4-610x458.jpg 610w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/Tejo-Remy-You-Cant-Lay-Down-Your-Memory-Deinstall-4-290x218.jpg 290w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/Tejo-Remy-You-Cant-Lay-Down-Your-Memory-Deinstall-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/Tejo-Remy-You-Cant-Lay-Down-Your-Memory-Deinstall-4-720x540.jpg 720w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/Tejo-Remy-You-Cant-Lay-Down-Your-Memory-Deinstall-4-740x555.jpg 740w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/Tejo-Remy-You-Cant-Lay-Down-Your-Memory-Deinstall-4.jpg 1002w" sizes="(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px" /></p> <p>When nothing was left but the strap, we discovered a rarely seen part of the object: a piece of tape, inscribed with mounting instructions.</p> <figure id="attachment_72936" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-72936" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-72936 size-large" src="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8519-610x854.jpeg" alt="" width="610" height="854" srcset="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8519-610x854.jpeg 610w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8519-290x406.jpeg 290w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8519-768x1075.jpeg 768w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8519-1097x1536.jpeg 1097w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8519-1462x2048.jpeg 1462w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8519-1440x2017.jpeg 1440w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8519-720x1008.jpeg 720w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8519-740x1036.jpeg 740w, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8519-scaled.jpeg 1828w" sizes="(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-72936" class="wp-caption-text">© Victoria and Albert Museum, London</figcaption></figure> <p>The 43 different parts – the drawers, their housings and the strap – were then piled up on trolleys, carefully separated by plastazote sheets to avoid damaging their surface while being transported.</p> <p>The dismantled chest of drawers is now off to our furniture conservation studio, where it will be cleaned and reassembled. 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