| Description |
x, 361 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Contents |
A history of gilding with particular reference to statuary / Andrew Oddy -- Corrosion chemistry of gilded silver and copper / Lyndsie Selwyn -- The selective use of gilding on Eqyptian polychromed bronzes / Patricia S. Griffin -- Gilded silver from ancient Nubia / Susanne Gänsicke and Richard Newman -- Two gilded bronze sculptures from the Athenian Agora / Alice Boccia Paterakis -- Gilding in Britain : Celtic, Roman and Saxon / Peter Northover and Kilian Anheuser -- A study of the gilding of silver in Byzantium / Pete Dandridge -- The gilding of metals in China / Paul Jett and W.T. Chase -- Archaeological gilded metals excavated in Japan / Ryu Murakeami -- Three gilded Tibetan vessels / Bruce Christman -- Lacquer as an adhesive for gilding on copper alloy sculpture in southeast Asia / Donna K. Strahan and Christopher A. Maines -- A review of gilding techniques in ancient South America / David A. Scott -- The characterisation of gold layers on copper artifacts from the Piura Valley (Peru) in the early intermediate period / Silvia A. Centeno and Deborah Schorsch -- Gilding techniques of the Renaissance and after / Andrew Lins -- The use of mercury salts in gold electroplating / Andrew Lins and Sally Malenka -- The fabrication of gilt bronze mounts for French eighteenth-century furniture / Brian Considine and Michel Jamet -- The many golds of Fabergé : recognition and guidelines for care / Carol Aiken -- All that glitters is not gold : other surfaces that appear to be gilded / Jonathan Thornton -- The treatment of false gilding : a case study / Deborah Long -- Richard Lippold's The Sun -- investigation and treatment considerations / Jack Flotte and Jean Dommermuth -- Preservation of a gilded monumental sculpture : research and treatment of Daniel Chester French's Quadriga / Linda Merk-Gould -- Architectural gilding on exterior metal : an overview of materials and methodology / Michael W. Kramer |
| Notes |
Published in association with the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Metals -- Coloring -- History.
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Gilding -- History.
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Metal-work -- Conservation and restoration.
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Metals -- Analysis.
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Gilding -- Conservation and restoration.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Author |
Drayman-Weisser, Tony
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American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. Wooden Artifacts Group.
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| LC no. |
00002227 |
| ISBN |
187313276X |
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