Virginia Norton (Ginny) Naudé was a conservator who specialized in the treatment of sculptures and other objects made of stone, terracotta, wood, plaster, and metals. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1960, majoring in art history. From 1971-1976, she was an apprentice in metalwork and sculpture conservation at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Naudé was president of Norton Art Conservation, a firm located in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania. She was a fellow of the International Institute for Conservation (IIC) and the American Institute for Conservation (AIC). She wrote papers and gave talks on conservation, and was co-author of the AIC publication Guide to the Maintenance of Outdoor Sculpture. She edited Sculptural Monuments in an Outdoor Environment, published by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
From the description of Virginia N. Naudé conservation records. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261235606
