The Preservation and Conservation Association recently sold a semi-tractor trailer load of carved, medieval limestone. The stone was acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922 and was installed in the former Lucy Maud Buckingham Medieval Room at the Art Institute.  The Buckingham Room was dismantled in 1965 and the stone relegated to storage (Chicago, 1965-1985; Urbana, 1985-2009).  PACA acquired the stone from the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois at Urbana

The grouping consisted of over 200 pieces of carved limestone from a medieval quarry located in Normandy, France.  The major fragments comprised three large Gothic window frames and two interior doorway surrounds.    Continue reading »