Kayserili Ahmet Paşa Konağı Bezemelerinin Restorasyon ve Konservasyon Çalışmaları

Abstract

In this study, the restoration and conservation works of the three rooms of the Kayserili Ahmet Paşa Mansion, which are numbered 102, 104 and 108, is presented. This work was carried out within the framework of the “2013/2014 and 2014-2015 Traditional Timber Structures Restoration and Conservation Educational Programme, İBB, KUDEB”. Kayserili Ahmet Paşa Mansion is located in Süleymaniye-Fatih, Istanbul, and actually is in use of the KUDEB, since 2006. The Mansion is a special example of the Empire style of the 19th century. In the trained rooms of the Mansion, the baroque, empire and rococo styles could be seen intensively in the mural and ceiling paintings and ornaments. The working team is made up of six restorers and two supervisors. The ornaments of these selected rooms of the Kayserili Ahmet Paşa Mansion were restored according to their original versions.