Adhesives and consolidants in painting conservation
By: edited by Angelina Barros D'Sa ... [et al.].
Contributors: Institute of Conservation. Paintings Group
Publisher: Archetype Publications, in association with the ICON Paintings Group
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
ISBN-13: 9781904982883
Subjects: Painting; Congresses; Conservation and restoration; Adhesives
Description: "The papers in this volume ... confront some of the problems encountered including the practical application of materials; reversibility and long-term performance; the properties required of an adhesive; and the properties of some of the materials commonly used as consolidants/adhesives"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Ten of twelve papers presented at a conference organized by the ICON Paintings Group, held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, in May 2011. Cf. foreword.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Setting the scene : considerations and decision making for planning and undertaking treatments / Velson Horie; title: A look at the structural requirements of consolidation adhesives for easel paintings / Marion F. Mecklenburg, Laura Fuster López and Silvia Ottolini; title: The glass transition temperature of adhesives : preliminary guidelines for canvas painting treatments / Christina Young; title: Lining with a fixed interleaf : a case study in the structural effects of paper interleaf and adhesives / Cecil Krarup Andersen and Ingelise Nielsen; title: Teaching adhesive principles to conservation students : sine scientia ars nihil est - without knowledge, skill is nothing / Kate Seymour; title: Evaluation of funori stability in preparation methods / Ting-Fu Fan; title: Conservation of objects for the 'Arts of Thailand' display at the V & A : case study examining the complex treatment of two panel paintings depicting scenes from the last ten of the Buddha's former lives or Jatakas (Thai Thotsachat) / Sophie Reddington and Mike Wheeler; title: Facing adhesives for size-tempera painted wood : results of a research internship for Historic scotland / Chantal-Helen Thuer; title: Coming unstuck! : the approach to the treatment of a recurrently flaking baroque ceiling painting / Zoe Roberts and John Burbidge; title: Development of a gluing jig for use with small panels / Fabio Mazzochini.