Proceedings of the Objects Specialty Group Session
23rd Annual Meeting in St. Paul, Minnesota; June 10, 1995
Ethics in Conservation
Compiled by Julie Lauffenburger and Virginia Greene
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Program Chair’s Foreword
Julie Lauffenburger
Postprints abstracts
Three chairs for leather conservation
Brian R. Howard and April H. Berry
How would you mount a Rambaramp?
Christine Del Re and Paul Countryman
What a relief! A practical, inexpensive approach to the conservation of a large XIX Dynasty sandstone stela
Christina Krumrine and Lisa Kronthal
Structural treatment of a monumental Japanese bronze eagle from the Meiji period
Marianne Russell-Marti and Robert F. Marti
The analysis and reconstruction of Islamic glass-frit ceramics, and comparative methods of desalination
Richard Barden
Desalination parameters for Harappan ceramics
Katherine A. Holbrow, Emily Kaplan and Harriet F. Beaubien
The effects of desalination on archaeological ceramics with evidence of use
Jo Willey
Non-adhesive fills for wood
Tamsen Fuller
Compensating for losses in design with decals
Gregory S. Byrne
A translucent wax-resin fill material for the compensation of losses in objects
Susanne Gänsicke and John W. Hirx
Heat-fused resins or “resin sticks” for use as reinforcing elements or dowels in the structural treatment of objects
Peter S. Champe
Testing erasers used to clean marble surfaces
Jane Williams and Julie Lauffenburger
Field testing webbing clothes moth pheromone traps: Methods and results
Christine Del Re and David Mueller
A preliminary report on conservation research into the rural art parks of Wisconsin
Anton Rajer, Dr. Harry Alden, and Dr. John Hackney
Unpublished presentation abstracts
Using Gore-Tex fabric to protect outdoor sculpture
Terri Schindel
Gilded Metal Surfaces Symposium abstracts
Symposium Chair’s Foreword
Terry Drayman-Weisser
A history of gilding with particular reference to statuary
Andrew Oddy
Gold is in the eye of the beholder
Ursula M. Franklin
Corrosion chemistry of gilded silver and copper
Lyndsie Selwyn
A review of gilding techniques in South America
David A. Scott
The gilding of metals in China
Paul Jett and W.T. Chase
Archaeological gilded metals excavated in Japan
Ryu Murakami
Gilded archaeological metals: Celtic, Romano-British and Saxon
Kilian Anheuser and Peter Northover
Gilded bronze sculpture in the Athenian Agora
Alice Boccia Paterakis
Gilded silver from ancient Nubia
Susanne Gänsicke and Richard Newman
The use of cold mercury amalgam gilding in Byzantium
Pete Dandridge
Gilding on metal after the Renaissance: A survey of Western techniques, with conservation notes
P. Andrew Lins
On the use of mercury compounds in gold electroplating
P. Andrew Lins and Sally Malenka
Architectural gilding on exterior metal: An overview of materials and methodology
Michael W. Kramer
Gilding turn-of-the-century monumental sculptures: D.C. French’s quest to
preserve or to beautify?
Linda Merk-Gould
All that glitters is not gold: Other surfaces that appear to be gilded
Jonathan Thornton
The fabrication of gilt bronze mounts for French furniture of the 18th century
Brian Considine
Electrolytic treatment of gilt silver tarnished by atmospheric corrosion
Cécile Vacquié, Jean-Michel Blengino, and Christian Degrigny
Richard Lippold’s The Sun: Investigation and treatment
Jack Flotte and Jean Dommermuth
Evaluation of cleaning methods and materials on faux-gilded decorative surfaces
Richard Wolbers