Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes
Conservator · Researcher · Specialist in Islamic and South Asian Manuscripts
Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes is an independent conservator working on paper artworks, books, maps, posters, 3D paper objects, modern art, etc. She received her M.A. in Conservation from the University Panthéon-Sorbonne-Paris in 2002.
She worked for 10 years as a freelancer in France, 5 years at the Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar and 2 years at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
From 2020 to 2023, she led a conservation and research project at the Wereldmuseum in Leiden. In 2024–2025, she was project conservator at the KB – National Library of the Netherlands in The Hague.
She specialises in Islamic and South Asian manuscripts and works on paper. Her interests lie in materiality, materials, techniques, function, and social and historical context.
Professional Experience
- M.A. Conservation2002University Panthéon-Sorbonne-Paris
- Museum of Islamic Art5 yearsQatar
- Rijksmuseum2 yearsAmsterdam
- Wereldmuseum2020–2023Leiden
- KB – National Library2024–2025The Hague
Teaching & Research
Teaching
- Paris la Sorbonne
- University of Amsterdam
- University of Heidelberg
- National Library of Qatar
- Institut National du Patrimoine, Paris
- Yale University Library
Research
Research on the materiality of Islamic manuscripts and Indian paintings and drawings.