New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-17
m REPAIR AND TO RESTORE.
THE n1FFERENcE POINTED OUT.
AID GLIDER AND MRS. LUCY NJ. MITCHELL iAe'i
nm vv,xc IN THE FEUARDENT CASE.


p;obord Watson Glider, Editor OF Tie Cen |
a,nded his testimony in the Feuardent Di Ces-
80, ,ino1 case Yesterday morning, and MIS- Lucy ~
nutcheu student and writer on arch@ologca SUBJECTS
occnp,ed the remainder OF the day A'hougn MI
49, remarked incidentally that he was an expert on
orts the expert testimony in the case pracucaliy
noean with that Mitchell II was concudeo peiolo
-. a1o,rnment of the court. The courtroom probably
,tnoa a larger audience TO follow the proceedings
than on any previous day. Mr. elders testimony ~
respopse 10 Mr.. ChOate's questions was as Iouo"s'
The statue of Aphrodite and Eros did not appear 70 o
, Lift 10 the Metropolitan Museum OF Art as TepIea
senfed in the photograph you show me- inc S stone
Sef hScn removed from either side Of the headdress
did not find that there had been union OF 70 each
other did not find II mOnothic eane 81 becanse
tive conclusion resaTdg III Left the examine
ton with partial doubt IN my ,nut tested the
with every means in their power and found 1e eTaw
lthic the doubt In my mind wQu d head after heard
Gce 70 m monoithc character found eS Seo tbe
We're s' c , dr9peTy Above had reason 10 SeSs s
lnat unS S' had NO positive opinion on the point
rho witness continued his testimony III an9"o' " -
Roncss questions the redirect , ~ ,,,,
M tocts resnecting restoration shOd oe udScosedd
nc Iic i'm some way other 10 MAKE repairs anu
10 conceal them with wash should Ss s Seen boKen in
my opinion Is that there WouG DC sv
GSgcl io"t object even there an honest desire
W d the repair properly. scratched the statue Apho
utc ,est In European museums tickets or proper IL
scriItons indicate the nature ana "here"oou'S0 ~ ~
PNTs TSb"ate%Can You mention any country or any
museum In Europe WheIe repairs "A0
M Ranos here moved to strike out the testimony that
Mr. Glider had given the ground that MS ques'ons
had been based testimony given by Reglhau 0'c"V
poo,e in his deposition, which the Court had eNcluuco
and which he CNIr. Bangs had read without knowing
that il had been disalOwcd MI Choates question was
nevertheless admitted, the score that the witness %
been led into an important statement Wucn iio '
net surport and the showing that shouu III 0o
mon fairness, go on the record ,,.
Tho Wtuess-I cannot remember an instance vi ' NO
kind There honest differences OF 3piuV thc vont
extent which repairs are aIloWaDe anu The usages
of the British Museum, the beflln AiuIvu I,i avnid
Louvre, should take rs sood auln1rH' ia Ind
lilly The reputation OF some OF the museums ~
The majority of antiquities IN the Wolu htl @ ~ tIc
hr saJ 70 he in italy The Museum OF Ioraohe Is 'AT
DC SUI 90 80 IN name " hose reputation is not good
ann not sure whether that museum belongs " "O
Mr. Choatc-Now outside of the Cesnola Collection ava
You ever of anybody perpetIatns iraud Ia 'oi''
lion not his OWnl
The Wimess-I don't know
Theodore Gossara French bronzer Of South Flith-Nc'
said he could detect artificial color on bronzcs an" 1t
had not been on an object than two years lie hu
deectcd artificial color On dozen small brozes IN the
Metropolitan Museum of Art Ordinary persons co'uu
not 1erec it, II made the brOnzes look old Anybody
could tell the difference between these pieces thus treat
cd and the remainder Of thirty or lovy pieces "'ch nc
saw He wrote down his observations and gave thcm 10
Mr. Feuardent. Mr.. FeuardCnt had asked MN 10 20
10 the Museum A letter then put III evidence u!
W r McCloud OF the Corcoran Art Gallery saying
that photograph of the statue Of the priest manu- ana
pater o. had been sent 10 the museum on ScF'eh'er
H. 1877 y Assistant Secretary Bland of the Ne"-n DIX
Museum together with other photographs "o'ch h''"
been presented by the Museums trustees
MRS MTCHELL'S TESTIMONY.
Mr. Iucv NJ Mitchell was then called To the stand
She said:
have studied archaeology for years in the various
ReriinI Paris. London Munich Venice, Heidelberg and
Rome and cases under skilled guItSc, o."
scum the British Museum, the Louvre ana otheI LGdo
pcsn museums have gwen ZONE ioat S p
which clearly belong to each other 10 restore Is 70
SIMPLY an addition pictured 10y the imagination OF inc
pePson making the restoration: have visited the Ne
iropOita Museum of Art Ny nrs t H' was n Int
not from the outside of the sarcophagu tat nd Deeh
renaired quite some noses had been lci1ied
10 statues in the collection because they nearly al 1ad
noses and ancient are very rare nav Socn Io
collections OF Cyptote antiquities ID inc bil.Nt NM
lie Berlin Museum and the Louvre: The New, YORK
collection is whittier saw no other dctl,e d ",
have been done by inferior workman Tickets , are
never used 10 designate repairs or icSI9IsIGnS ,
mean museums. That information Is gwen Ill le C"'"
iogues
In opening the cross-examination Nr Choate cal!ed
the attention of the witness TO the RESERVATIONS winch hHd
been made in such statues as the Ncnns de MILO venus
Vatican at Rome The witness said:
Won can see some RESERVATIONS which have been
accomplished and the existence ol orS , - , ~
lions but Won only do by the use OF ladders No.
Tesorations been made in pieces of ststuy which
areheolOgists to-day would not conntchalctt hGiGoi
formerly. Noses not restored now al all lean only
remember three genuine ancient noses. ,,,,,
Mr. Choate-IOw long since noses were aDoncheu'
The Witness-AbOut fifteen years shohid lIIHh' ,
Mr.. Choatc-lou think people ought 10 10 without
The witness-I think the public should accusiom them
selves ancient statues without noss. Inc ia"
of the nose destroys tc cneSt Ha oic a,
aIranlogists during the past twenty five about
repair and restoration, and IT has Dtf a loertr,It =
CHANCE II an object found perfect sbOnd lie broken III
transportation should think it would be proper to re-
pair it, according TO lis form when found NY GI"'
Is i'm the ease catalogue to the CcSnoa C"itcoh nc
Ing in course preparation, that the presence OF General
d (esnOa's book the Museum for reference Wo DC q
.a,sfrtory substitute The difference Of color between
The Cypriote antiquities in tho European museums ana
in The New-York museum might be accounted Tor 10y
baths hut il is very thing give them baths;
MI ChOateA great many people think hthS are i'id
were Mr. Choates words object to baths Encas ,
msi@ly he removed by bath to get al ancient nscIip-
tons or scuptired designs on statues remember now
niei ~ museum objects is done the British Museum
and al the Berlin Museum 1t according to the best
usage.
On the redirect examination Judge shpman excluded
all onestons relating to subject of the location where
Cyprian antiquities had been found In answer TO a
question Of Mr. Bangs the witness said that In European
museums the repairs and RESERVATIONS are not delegated
by discoveries TO subordinates. They are made by
skilled persons under the supervision OF the director
Tho dlscoverer was of digging and knew nothing about
Tho work In answer to Nh. ChOate she said that il
would be surprise her to know that the CyIrian
statues had been found with thick organisations Such
matter would proper test Of her knoW'dge ana
were So would affect her opinions Of their proper treat
ment,
THE COURT OF APPEALS.