Staff Profile
Allison Jackson
Associate Frames Conservator
allison_jackson@harvard.edu / 617-496-1901
Associate Frames Conservator
allison_jackson@harvard.edu / 617-496-1901
B.A., University of Vermont
A second-generation gilding conservator, Jackson is the Straus Center’s first frame conservator on staff. In 2012, she began preparing the frame collection for the reopening of the museums in 2014, and since then, she has worked on more than 150 frames in the collections. In 2016, she was awarded the Nigel Seeley Fellowship by the Royal Oak Foundation.
Recent Publications
Jackson, Allison, Adeline Lutts, and Carola Schueller. “The ABC’s of a Monumental Frame: Analysis, Bronze Paint, and Chelators.” AIC Wooden Artifacts Group Postprints, 65–74. Washington, D.C.: The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 2016.