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Collaborating for Sustainable Access to Digital Art: A Project Overview Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Francisca Sousa
This paper addresses the preservation approach chosen for a selected group of born-digital artworks connected to the web, here categorized under the term internet art. The three first cases that ar...
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The Potential of Clay Poultices as Sorbents for Medieval Plaster: A Comparative Study Using the Pressure Plate Method and Dye Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Mette Midtgaard
Five clay poultices used in built heritage, stone, and wall painting conservation were examined for their potential to extract impurities from medieval lime-rich wall painting plaster. Since the mo...
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Metallurgical Analysis and Conservation of Turbine Blades from Recovered Apollo F-1 Engines Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Adam Creuziger, Claudia Chemello, Paul Mardikian, Jerrad Alexander
Turbine blades recovered from the Apollo Saturn V rocket F-1 engines were examined to determine an appropriate conservation protocol. Significant corrosion damage was observed in the turbine blades...
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Understanding the Manufacture of Hetian Administration Banknotes from Xinjiang Using Low- and High-resolution Analytical Methods Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Qiugu Wan (万秋谷), Xiaolin Li (李晓林), Wenbo Liu (刘文博), Yang Li (李洋), Bin Han (韩宾), Tao Li (李涛)
Analytical studies of ancient Chinese handmade papers and paper-based materials have long faced challenges, due to the need for high-quality, scientifically sound data that can lead to suitable dia...
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More Reliable Dating of Japanese Silk Mounting Textiles for Conservation Decisions: Effects of Silk Processing on Silk Surface Morphology and Aspartic Acid Racemization Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Chika Mori Shimada, Blythe McCarthy, Christopher M. Rollman, Andrew Hare, Jiro Ueda, Mehdi Moini
Dating silk mounting textiles is important for understanding their condition and susceptibility to degradation. Amino acid racemization is a technique currently used for this purpose. The research ...
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Giuseppe Torres’s ‘Byzantine House' in Venice: Building Materials and Deterioration Products of an Early 1900s Home in the Lagoon Environment Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Rebecca Piovesan, Elena Tesser, Greta Bruschi, Paolo Faccio, Fabrizio Antonelli
In the frame of the Venezia2021 project the private ‘Byzantine house' designed by Giuseppe Torres in 1905 was chosen as the emblematic architectural site which marks Venice’s transition towards mod...
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The Regulation of Lead White Paint in Conservation and Artistic Practice Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-30 Alfie Robinson
Lead white (basic lead carbonate), before its effective ban in much of Europe from 1989 onwards, was among the most versatile and widespread but also one of the most harmful pigments available. Thi...
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Study on the Feasibility of the TG Method for Maximum Water Content Measurement of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Dawa Shen, Xuyao Gu, Hongying Zhang, Nicola Macchioni, Qian Cheng, Xingling Tian, Jing Du, Naisheng Li, Kaizheng Yuan
Thermogravimetry (TG) is used to measure the change of sample mass versus temperature or time under a program controlling temperature. It is a common thermal analysis tool with a precise built-in b...
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The Use of Smalt in the Japanese Folk Paintings, Doro-e and Megane-e (Vue d'Optique) Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Yae Ichimiya, Satoko Taguchi, Kazumi Mizumoto
Doro-e refers to a genre of Japanese folk paintings: it is a group of works, likely to be produced from the mid-eighteenth to the nineteenth century, that emerged during a time when some of the tec...
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In the Heat of the Moment: Testing Fire-Protective Covers for Mitigating Damage to Large Historic Inventories Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Nina Kjølsen Jernæs, Ragni Fjellgaard Mikalsen
Since the 1990s, the Norwegian management for cultural heritage has increased its focus on finding effective solutions for protecting Norway’s wooden cultural heritage from fire damage. The medieva...
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Evaluation of Chloride Extraction Rates from Copper Compounds Under Subcritical Conditions Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Ian D. MacLeod, Liisa M. E. Näsänen
This paper presents a critical review of the reasons behind the initiation of this project to find a more sustainable, cost efficient, and safer form of chloride extraction that would result in sta...
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‘A Lost Chapter of Ancient Art’: Archaeometric Examinations of Panel Paintings from Roman Egypt Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Cecilie Brøns, Jens Stenger, Richard Newman, Caroline Cartwright, Fabiana Di Gianvincenzo, Anna Katerinopoulou, Luise Ørsted Brandt, Negar Haghipour, Laura Hendriks
Ancient panel paintings on wood are, with the exception of the mesmerising mummy portraits, extremely rare. However, a small corpus of other types of Romano-Egyptian panel paintings is preserved in...
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Stories of the Life of Saint George: Materials and Techniques from a Barbelli Mural Painting Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Beatrice Menegaldo, Daniela Aleccia, Gert Nuyts, Aria Amato, Emilio Francesco Orsega, Giulia Moro, Eleonora Balliana, Karolien De Wael, Ligia Maria Moretto, Victoria Beltran
Gian Giacomo Inchiocchio (1604–1656), better known as Barbelli, was one of the main exponents of Lombard painting of the seventeenth century. A large body of work is attributed to him, encompassing...
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Application of Digital Technology to Chinese Traditional Furniture: A Review Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Ling Zhu, Jingshu Gao, Lei Fu, Yuqi Yan, Jiufang Lv
This research delves into the contemporary utilization of digital technology within the context of the material cultural heritage associated with traditional Chinese furniture. Digital technology r...
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Conserving Performance, Performing Conservation: Kim Kardashian x Marilyn Monroe Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Jules Pelta Feldman
After May 2, 2022, heritage conservation briefly became a hot topic in the world of celebrity gossip. That evening, Kim Kardashian, a reality TV star and entrepreneur, wore a 60-year-old dress that...
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The Balpis Expansion of the Technical Part of the Hermeneia Painting Manual by Dionysius of Fourna Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Georgios P. Mastrotheodoros, Konstantinos G. Beltsios
Painting manuals with technical and iconographical prescriptions served the needs of Greek icon painters during the post-Byzantine period. The circa 1730 CE Hermeneia of the art of painting was com...
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A Reply to ‘A Note of Caution on the Use of Calcium Nanoparticle Dispersions as Deacidifying Agents’ Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Piero Baglioni, David Chelazzi, Rodorico Giorgi, Giovanna Poggi
The application of Ca(OH)2 nanoparticles dispersed in short chain alcohols to adjust the pH of acidic cellulosic substrates (paper, canvas, and wood) has been introduced and largely assessed in con...
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Colourless Powdered Glass as a Drier for Red Lakes: On the Influence of Composition and Particle Size Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Mathilde Tiennot, Odile Majérus, Daniel Caurant, Gilles Bastian, Myriam Eveno, Elisabeth Ravaud
ABSTRACT Colourless glass particles are found in oil painting layers from the fifteenth-seventeenth centuries. Several historical sources mention the use of finely ground glass powder as a solid drier. In order to assess the siccative effect of glass particles added to paint, this research focused on red lake reconstructions and followed their natural drying using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR)
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How Different Analytical and Stylistics Investigations Can Help in Describing Artefacts Made of Non-coeval Parts: the Imago Pietatis in Breno Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Marco Zuccolo, Valeria Leoni, Gigliola Borgonovo, Stefania Mazzini, Maria Antonietta Tovini, Federico Troletti, Francesca Cocchi, Angela Bassoli, Annamaria Giorgi
ABSTRACT Valcamonica is an Italian Alpine valley that has been the transit route for people and goods in prehistoric, Roman, medieval, and modern times. This led to the presence of artefacts from different eras and/or the occurrence of artefacts made of non-coeval parts. This research reports the characterization of an artefact in the Museum of Breno (Brescia Province). It is surmised that the artwork
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Improved Utilization of Radiographs of Ancient Metal Objects under Heterogeneous Image Blurring Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 Jose A. Madrid García, Effat Yahaghi, Amir Movafeghi, Mahdi Mirzapour
ABSTRACT Availability of pertinent and detailed information for damaged ancient objects is vital for successful restorative, damage limitation intervention processes in archeology. Visual inspection and radiography testing (RT) constitute widely used non-destructive methods for conservators of such objects. Unfortunately, the quality of RT images is susceptible to blurring caused by the superimposed
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Stabilization of Iron Gall Ink Damaged Paper with Nanosized Magnesium Hydroxide and Antioxidants Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 Olga Jarmulkiene, Milda Liubiniene, Aldona Beganskiene
ABSTRACT Ink-paper historical documents, which are an important part of cultural heritage, can be damaged by various materials on the outside and the inside of the paper. Cotton fiber sheets treated with iron gall ink and then treated with stabilization materials were studied. Nanosized Mg(OH)2 was used as a deacidification material and potassium bromide, tetrabutylammonium bromide, or propyl gallate
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Pigments and Binders Used in Bark Paintings by Aboriginal Artists from Across the Northern Territory and the Kimberly Region in Western Australia Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 Georgina Rayner, Narayan Khandekar, Katherine Eremin, Daniel P. Kirby, Andrew Shortland
ABSTRACT Bark paintings represent a unique artform that originated in Australia and continues to this day. This paper presents a scientific investigation into both the pigments and binders used by Aboriginal artists from across the Northern Territory (NT) and the Kimberley region in Western Australia (WA) and represents the first major study dedicated to identifying these materials in samples taken
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Conservators, Creativity, and Control Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-13 Jonathan Kemp
ABSTRACT This article explores the role of conservators and focusses on their creative agency in the preservation of cultural heritage. It argues that conservators constitute a ‘recursive public’ who collectively make the field both highly collaborative and highly modifiable. The author then sets out how conservators engage in a form of ‘ontological constructivism’ where they use their creative agencies
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Comprehensive Research on the Layered Corrosion of Archaeological Copper Wares: A Case Study from Qinghai, China Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Han Huarui, Bai Wenlong, Liu Dawei, Han Jianhua
ABSTRACT In this study, copper wares excavated from tombs in the Qinghai Province of China were investigated. Using varied analysis methods, this study analyzes the layered corrosion products of copper ware. Furthermore, it discusses the relevant corrosion mechanism along with the burial environment, condition, and manufacturing craft. The forged copper wares appear to be in a state of stratified corrosion
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Evaluation of the Polyethylene Glycol Impregnation and Vacuum Freeze-Drying Method for Waterlogged Archaeological Wood: Conservation of the Yenikapı 1 Shipwreck Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Namık Kılıç, Aslı Gökçe Kılıç
ABSTRACT The YK 1 shipwreck, found at Yenikapı, Istanbul, is one of 37 shipwrecks dating to the medieval era. This paper describes the studies and the processes which were conducted to conserve the YK 1. Firstly, the level of physical and chemical degradation of the wood from the YK 1 was examined, which revealed that the wood was highly degraded. Therefore, PEG 2000 was chosen for the impregnation
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Exploring Benzyl Alcohol Derivatives and Related Compounds in the Cleaning of Oil Paintings Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Chun (Tracy) Liu, Alba Alvarez-Martin, Katrien Keune
ABSTRACT This study examines five benzyl alcohol derivatives and three chemically similar compounds and compares them against benzyl alcohol in gelled emulsions for the removal of overpaint during cleaning of oil paintings. Comparative cleaning tests using xanthan gels, Pemulen® TR-2 gels, and neat solvent were made on overpaint on fragments of a seventeenth-century test painting. This approach demonstrated
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Can Artificial Intelligence Reconstruct Ancient Mosaics? Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Fernando Moral-Andrés, Elena Merino-Gómez, Pedro Reviriego, Fabrizio Lombardi
ABSTRACT A large number of ancient mosaics are no longer available to us because they have been destroyed by erosion, earthquakes, looting, or even used as materials in newer construction. To make things worse, among the small fraction of mosaics that have been recovered, many are damaged or incomplete. Therefore, it is of interest to explore how the mosaics may have appeared originally by using virtual
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Conservation of Dong Minority Wooden Structures: In Situ Material Investigation of the Yashang Drum Tower in Hunan, China Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Shiruo Wang
The Dong Minority Drum Tower is an essential element of Chinese wooden structural heritage. Although its historical and cultural context has been frequently discussed, the material characteristics ...
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Assessment of Traffic-Induced Ground Vibrations and Effects on Masonry Monuments in Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Nakhorn Poovarodom, Weera Choopthong, Bhakapong Bhadrakom, Krisada Chaiyasarn, Naret Limsamphancharoen, Qudeer Hussain
ABSTRACT This paper presents an assessment study of traffic-induced ground vibrations and their effects on masonry-type historic structures in Ayutthaya Historical Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Thailand. The first objective is to propose a practical prediction of the attenuation rate of vibration for risk management of the monuments located along roadsides in the city. The attenuation of vibration
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Traditional and Conservation Interpretations of Pre- and Post-Collection Working Methods for Alaskan Yup’ik Masks Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Ellen Pearlstein, Chuna McIntyre
ABSTRACT Seven Central Yup’ik masks from Alaska owned by the Anima Mundi Museum, the ethnological museum at the Vatican, were examined in the museum’s Conservation Laboratory over five months in 2022 by Ellen Pearlstein, in consultation with Chuna McIntyre, a Yup’ik artist and culture bearer. Technical details were documented and these together with cultural meanings were explored jointly by the two
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Some Considerations on Recent Approaches to Cleaning, Conservation, and Display of Ancient Marble Sculptures from Historical Collections Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Federica Giacomini
ABSTRACT This essay focuses on the need for a comprehensively conscious conservation approach when dealing with ancient stone sculptures coming from historical collections, that is to say those antiquities that were collected from the Renaissance onwards and were thus sometimes radically modified due to restorations accomplished between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. In the last decades
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The Material Complexity of Three Seventeenth-Century Cabinets Exported from the Far East Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Maria Brunskog, Tetsuo Miyakoshi
ABSTRACT This paper focuses on three Far East cabinets that have ended up in Sweden for various reasons and on various routes. Some specific characteristics have been analysed using various scientific methods: sectional microscopy, wood taxonomy, X–ray fluorescence microscopy, pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, strontium isotope ratio measurement, and radiocarbon dating. The results show
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Larch as a Construction Material in Flemish Cabinetmaking of the Seventeenth Century: Dendrochronological Survey of a Larch Construction Panel of Flemish Metamorphoses Curio Cabinet RA 408 in the State Chateau Rájec nad Svitavou (Czech Republic) Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Radek Ryšánek, Josef Kyncl
ABSTRACT In the Rájec nad Svitavou chateau there is a Flemish cabinet from the period from about 1650–1680 decorated with scenes from Ovid's metamorphoses. The cabinet comes from the former collections of the house of Salm. The provenance is attributed to one of the suppliers of the Forchondt family art dealership. This cabinet was the subject of a conservation treatment in 2020. During this intervention
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Degradation of Fourteenth-century Mordant Gilding Layers: Synchrotron-based Microfocus XRF, XRD, and XANES Analyses of Two Paintings by Pietro Lorenzetti Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Helen Howard, Jens Najorka, Paul F. Schofield, Kalotina Geraki
Analyses of the degraded mordant gilding on two early fourteenth-century paintings by Pietro Lorenzetti were undertaken at the UK synchrotron facility Diamond Light Source. Previous studies reveale...
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Production of Hand-painted Magic Lantern Glass Slides: A Literature Review Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Ângela Santos, Vanessa Otero, Márcia Vilarigues
Hand-painted magic lantern glass slides frequently present significant conservation problems, mainly due to the painting's deterioration and detachment from the glass support surface. However, the ...
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Conserving Animation Cels: Reattaching Loose Paint Without Adhesive Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Katharina Hoeyng, Carolyn Carta, Joy Mazurek, Art Kaplan, Michael Schilling, Kristen McCormick, Tom Learner
A collaborative research project between the Getty Conservation Institute and the Walt Disney Animation Research Library investigated storage and conservation treatment strategies for animation cel...
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The Effect of a Plasma Treatment on the Aging Behavior of Selected Artist Colorants Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Katharina Otto, Fabian Glag, Michael von der Goltz, Gisela Ohms
ABSTRACT In this research study, the effects of an atmospheric pressure plasma treatment on the stability of selected colorants (pigments: red lead, vermilion, azurite, verdigris, smalt, ultramarine, raw sienna, vine black, champagne chalk, Bolognese chalk; dye: alizarin red) were investigated. In order to gain knowledge about the effect of a plasma on the more stable part of colorant-binder systems
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Revolutionary Conservation and the Evolution of Conservatism: I. E. Grabar and the Design of Socialist Monument Protection Policy in the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Sebastian Korenič Tratnik
ABSTRACT This article presents the formulation of socialist conservation policy under Soviet regimes. It shows how, with the realization of the Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist doctrine, a specific attitude toward the preservation of artistic monuments and cultural heritage emerged and how it changed in the course of the great historical ruptures leading up to the disintegration of ‘real socialism’. Special
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Manufacturing Variations in ISO Blue Wool Fading Standards under Microfading Exposure Conditions Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Bruce Ford, Capucine Korenberg
As is the case for other accelerated light-ageing methods, microfade test results are usually rated against the responses of the International Standards Organisation’s Blue Wool Fading Standards, t...
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Imaging Analysis of Scratch Reduction in Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) (PMMA) Plastic with NOVUS Polishing Products Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-11 Jessica Walthew, Sarah Barack, Nishan M. Senanayake, Sarah J. Lavin, Hannah G. Dorris, Jennifer L.W. Carter, Ina T. Martin
Remediation of disfiguring scratches and abrasions on aging plastics challenges even the most experienced conservator. This study assesses the effect of three NOVUS polishing products on remediatio...
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Case Study: the Application of Trichogramma Evanescens Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) as a Novel Integrated Pest Management Solution against Webbing Clothes Moth Tineola Bisselliella Hummel (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) at Burghley House, Stamford, UK Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-11 Louise Shewry, Melinda Hey, Kelly Grimshaw
An on-going webbing clothes moth Tineola bisselliella (WCM) infestation at Burghley House (Burghley) in Stamford, UK was targeted using a novel integrated pest management (IPM) biological control m...
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Atmospheric Corrosion of Iron Artifacts in Museum Environments: Determination of Anions in Extraction Solutions Using Ion Chromatography Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-11 Duo Liu, Fanping Zhu, Yifan Liang, Quanyu Wang
It is well known that pollutants affect the deterioration of iron artifacts. To store iron artifacts in a suitable environment, it is imperative to understand the mechanisms of long-term corrosion ...
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Conservation and Technical Evaluation of an Early Medieval Papyrus Codex Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-06 Grzegorz Nehring, Solène Girard, Ira Rabin
In 2005, a team of Polish archaeologists discovered three Coptic codices, two on papyrus and one on parchment, in the rubbish dump of a hermitage at Sheik Abd el-Gurna, Egypt. While the parchment c...
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Acoustic Emission Monitoring as a Non-invasive Tool to Assist the Conservator in the Reactivation and Maintenance of Historical Vehicle Engines Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-06 Brice Chalançon, Alejandro Roda-Buch, Emilie Cornet, Guillaume Rapp, Thomas Weisser, Laura Brambilla
Historical cars are an important part of the cultural heritage of the last 150 years. Their preservation in technical museums raises the question of how to preserve their primary functionality, nam...
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Trade in Artists’ Materials in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Canton Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-18 Bin Wang
ABSTRACT This paper provides an overview of the trade in artists’ materials in Canton between 1750 and 1842. Through an investigation of China’s foreign trade archives and records, this study gives a picture of international trade in artists’ materials, particularly pigments, during this period in Canton. Furthermore, it reveals a close trade in Western modern pigments between the West and China. The
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Lichens and Fungi on Sandstone Tombs at the Historical Jewish Cemetery in Wrocław (Poland) Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-16 Elżbieta Pląskowska, Katarzyna Patejuk, Marek W. Lorenc, Jakub Grzeszczuk
ABSTRACT Microflora inhabiting rock surfaces, including bacteria, fungi, algae, and lichens, form a specific kind of an ecosystem. Unique and not well known forms of this environment are old cemetery tombs. To better understand such environments, lichenological and mycological studies were conducted in the old Jewish cemetery in Wrocław, Poland. The research covered 13 tombstones made of several varieties
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Determination of Peach Gum in Ancient Chinese Paintings by Biotin–Streptavidin-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Meng Wu, Bingjian Zhang, Qiong Zhang, Qian Cheng, Siwei Jiang, Li Li
ABSTRACT Peach gum was the most common and widely used exudate gum in ancient China. In this study, polyclonal antibodies to peach gum were prepared using the protein of peach gum as the antigen. The polyclonal antibodies were used to identify peach gum with high sensitivity and specificity by biotin–streptavidin-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (BA-ELISA). The binders used in the ancient paintings
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Mould on Magnetic Media: What Are the Current Preservation Practices by Audiovisual Conservation Practitioners? Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-24 Somayeh (Mona) Soleymani, Lisa Russ
ABSTRACT Magnetic audiovisual (AV) media makes up a significant part of cultural heritage. It contains elements such as sounds, images, and other data for future access. Mould growth can impact magnetic media deterioration. Over time, mould impedes element retrieval and can even cause its total loss, resulting in the loss of our cultural heritage. Therefore, proper maintenance of magnetic media is
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Distribution of In-plane Physical Properties of Handmade Xuan Paper: Revealing the Effects of the Sheet Forming Process and the Folded State on Handmade Xuan Paper Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-12 Chengquan Qiao, Yuxuan Gong, Decai Gong
ABSTRACT Xuan paper is one of the most famous handmade papers in China and is an important paper for conservation. However, the evenness of Xuan paper has not yet received much attention. In this study, the distribution of the in-plane grammage and mechanical properties of Xuan paper are measured. It is found that the distribution of the in-plane grammage and mechanical properties of Xuan paper is
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Analysis of Chromate-based Primers for Protection of Aluminium Alloys on Historical Aircraft Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Magali Brunet, Luc Robbiola, Chantal Brouca-Cabarrecq, Philippe Sciau
ABSTRACT Immediately following the use of aluminium alloys, particularly Duralumin, in the construction of aircraft, protective coatings with anti-corrosion properties were developed. Among the numerous solutions to prevent corrosion, the most widely employed materials were organic primers containing chromates. This paper reports the study of the corrosion inhibitive compounds (chromates) used by aircraft
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A Complete Methodology for Structural Finite Element Analysis of Terracotta Sculptures Based on a 3D Scanned Model: A Case Study on the Terracotta Warriors (China) Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Zhu Lei, Yi Weitong, Lan Desheng, Zhou Ping, Jiang Yonghui, Xia Yin, Hu Yungang, Li Xiaoxi, Hou Miaole, Chen Xi, Fu Qianli
In this paper, the structural mechanical analysis of the Terracotta Warriors, using 3D laser scanning technology and finite element methodology (FEM) is presented. The workflow of the case study ma...
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Material Characterisation of William Burges’ Great Bookcase within the Disruption of a Global Pandemic Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-06 Tea Ghigo, Daniel Bone, David Howell, Kelly Domoney, Michele Gironda, Andy Beeby
ABSTRACT This contribution presents the results of a technical investigation on the pigments of William Burges’ Great Bookcase (1859–62), preserved at the Ashmolean Museum. It is the first thorough material investigation of a remarkable piece of Gothic Revival painted furniture, notably an artwork by Burges, whose work has so far received little attention from a technical point of view. This study
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Polymer Matrix and Stone Powder Based Composite Mortar for the Restoration of Sille Stone Structures Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-06 Ahmet Cihat Ari, Mustafa Tosun, Yasin Ramazan Eker
ABSTRACT Excavated in the Sille region of Konya (Turkey) province, Sille stone (SS) is a building material used during the Roman, Seljuk, and Ottoman periods. The presence of SS in cultural assets is due to its robustness, nevertheless different environmental factors have caused the deterioration of SS based structures. Among the restoration strategies developed in order to prevent the destruction
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Analysis of the Impact Factor and JCR Rankings in Conservation Science Journals: Why JCR Should Have a Heritage Category Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-22 Teresa Palomar, Alberto Moure
The scientific research output of individuals and institutions is commonly evaluated by the number of publications in journals with high impact factor and their corresponding citations. However, th...
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Species Identification of Common Native Arctic Mammals in Inuit Fur Clothing Based on Hair Microscopy Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Anne Lisbeth Schmidt
ABSTRACT Correct material identification is considered essential when documenting museum objects. This study examines the morphology of mammal hair and records the geographical use of common species in Inuit fur clothing collected by the National Museum of Denmark (NMD) from c. 1830–1940 in the Bering Strait region, Alaska, Arctic Canada, and Greenland. Through hair microscopy, the purpose is to test
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Lost and Found: Documentary Evidence and Scientific Examination of a Mid-Eighteenth Century Japanese Urushi Box Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-13 Maria Brunskog, Tetsuo Miyakoshi
This paper discusses a Japanese urushi box in the collection of the Swedish Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, inventory number TEMP-0030. It documents a study that included scientific analyses by ...
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Microfade Testing of Fourteen Natural Dyes on Wool: A Comparison of Five Mordants Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Anne-Marie Guérin, Season Tse, Carole Dignard
ABSTRACT Microfade testing (MFT) was used to examine standardized wool samples dyed with 14 natural historic dyes, each prepared with five different mordants, to determine whether the lightfastness and colourimetric properties of these dyes vary as a function of the mordant. The addition of mordants changed the original colour of the dyes as well as potential patterns corresponding to ΔL*, Δa*, and
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Italian Influence in a Portuguese Mannerist Painting (Part I): A New Palette with Original Orange and Green Pigments Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-07 Helena P. Melo, Sara Valadas, António João Cruz, Ana Margarida Cardoso, Catarina Miguel, Ana Manhita, Yiğit Zafer Helvaci, Cristina Barrocas Dias, António Candeias
ABSTRACT The palette used by the Portuguese painter Pedro Nunes (1586–1637) in the large panel depicting The Descent from the Cross (460 × 304 cm) painted in 1620 for Évora’s cathedral was investigated with a combination of the visual inspection of the paint surface and the analysis of the paint layers with microscopic, spectroscopic, and chromatographic techniques. Green earth and an orange artificial
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Reverse-Engineering History: Re-presenting the Chichester Tablet Using Laser Scanning and 3D Printing Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-04 Paul F. Wilson, Mike Donnelly, Ellie King, Mark A. Williams, Alison E. Cooley
3D digitization methods have become essential tools in cultural heritage practice. Methods like laser scanning and photogrammetry are being widely applied for the conservation of priceless objects ...
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The Madonna with the Wash-Basin by Giulio Romano: A Multidisciplinary Study of the Painting’s History Stud. Conserv. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-23 Steffi Bodechtel, Annegret Fuhrmann, Andreas Henning, Oliver Hahn, Ira Rabin, Wolfgang Kreische, Michael Mäder
In an interdisciplinary collaboration, restorers, art historians, and scientists examined Guilio Romano’s The Madonna with the Wash-Basin of 1525 (Dresden State Art Collections). Insights into the ...