{"id":9065,"date":"2013-07-09T09:45:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T14:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=9065"},"modified":"2013-07-09T09:45:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T14:45:05","slug":"41st-annual-meeting-architecture-session-may-30-fifteen-shades-of-grey-paint-color-analysis-on-the-eames-house-by-emily-macdonald-korth-alan-phenix-tom-learner-an","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2013\/07\/09\/41st-annual-meeting-architecture-session-may-30-fifteen-shades-of-grey-paint-color-analysis-on-the-eames-house-by-emily-macdonald-korth-alan-phenix-tom-learner-an\/","title":{"rendered":"41st Annual Meeting \u2013 Architecture Session, May 30, \u201cFifteen Shades of Grey…? Paint Color Analysis on the Eames House,\u201d by Emily MacDonald-Korth, Alan Phenix, Tom Learner, and Kyle Normandin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Charles & Ray Eames<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThe Eames house was designed in 1949 by Charles and Ray Eames as the eighth house in the case study house program of the Arts & Architecture magazine.\u00a0The Eames lived in the home until their deaths; after 1988 the house remained untouched. In 2011, the contents of the living room were reassembled at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) for an exhibition. It was at this time that the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) provided investigation and scientific analysis to determine the conservation issues and plans for the house. \u00a0The 2011-2012 initiative of the Eames House conservation program was to determine the paint stratigraphy of the interior and exterior of the home. \u00a0This presentation discussed the approach, technology used, sample extraction, and findings for the Eames House investigation.
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Eames House, Case Study House No. 8. Designed by Charles and Ray Eames, 1949.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThe study included 15 samples and 6 in-situ investigations from the interior and exterior of the house. \u00a0In on-site storage, the team located painted plates and several date labeled paint cans that were used for comparison. \u00a0The team deployed the use of optical microscopy, EDS cross-sectional photo, micrographs, and stratigraphic examination in order to identify the layers of paint present. \u00a0It was noted that the limited number of samples may not represent all of the paint layers present, for this reason cross-sectional and in-situ excavation were used in conjunction of each other to cross reference findings.
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Interior, Eames House, Case Study House No. 8. Designed by Charles and Ray Eames, 1949.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nTo begin the study, the team identified the known timeline of painting campaigns, for this they relied on historical documentation. \u00a0The following was known about the house:<\/p>\n