SECRETARY’S REPORT 47 
REPAIRS TO THE COLLECTIONS 
A total of 16 objects were remounted or repaired as follows: 
Chinesespaintingssremounted= a= en eee 10 
Chinese painting repalred=o=s 2 ie ee eee 1 
@hineseisculpturevepairedsse 2) ea ee eee ee walt 
Japanese, painting, remounted=—=— 2. a Se eee eee eee 1 
Japanesenpaintines repaired f= a ae are ee ee eee 2 
Japanese spotteny, Lepaireds ase ea eee 1 
The long-overdue task of repairing and restoring the Peacock 
Room by James McNeill Whistler was begun on October 10, 1947. This 
work involves taking down all four walls of the room, removing all 
leather from the original paneling, constructing a complete set of new 
panels of harborite, reconditioning the leather and cleaning all painted 
and gilded surfaces, remounting the leather on the new panels by 
means of a moisture-proof wax adhesive, and reinstalling all panels 
and shelving. All phases of the actual restoration are being done by 
Messrs. John A. and Richard M. Finlayson of the Museum of Fine 
Arts, Boston, on a part-time schedule. All structural work is being 
done in the Gallery cabinet shop. The work is still in progress. 
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CHANGES IN EXHIBITIONS 
Changes in exhibitions totaled 1,196, as follows: 
American arts: 
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Drawingsiandepastelss2 soya ae ee ee ae a eee eee US 32 
DATS GS es aa a Sic Al oe hele Tom me a at A eta i hate din I WEA ha BATE 43 
Arabic arts: 
ES OOK Diy Chih a ae re a Se A YU 8 4 
Glass a ee eee ee See ee ee a Se ee 2 
MANUS CHip tees = ee eee Eee EB ee ee ee es ee ae 35 
VEG oats pee ck NE oS TT eS 0 eae Oe ee 16 
AVVO OCCA VilllT ane eeienc eena aeeen Denuen tees eum ree eer cS Re See ee 2 
Armenian arts: . 
IMEI S CI) te See a Es pte EE ee St be 24 
Bactrian arts: 
MGC al WOT ke eee ater ee ee ne Se ee SE ee eee 2 
Byzantine arts: 
Cry stoleec. 2 os eS ee ee ee ee ea ee 2 
BVA Gf ea'D 00 0 To Lec i a Ee ee a 9 
Aa Gr Gees Mi oo pore he earn eee ee ak Deore Severe TNE ee ake ee Uy 
Chinese arts: 
UBS LON VA Se ep ge ee ey ee ee 100 
Jaen aoe eh BE ee eee fas See: 42 
Metalwork: S223 25S esas Se a eee a ee Se 31 
Painting 322255 es oa ee a ee ed Pea 38 
IP Ottery 2252 222 2 ee oe Se a eee ee ee Se es a 9 31 
Met 2s 5 ace he Se ee ee et na os ee Leche yal 2 
Woodisculpturestae es a2 te ee ee See ee a ie oe bee 6 
