Painted Wood: History and Conservation, Proceedings of a Symposium held at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, November 11 - 14, 1994

Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 1994. Softcover. VG, exlib with stamp to ffep. Green pictorial wraps. xii, 539 pp. Profuse bw and color ills. From intro: From the mechanisms to understand and identify the materials that make up painted wood objects to the various factors affecting objects and surfaces, through the multiple analyses, techniques, and treatments of the diversity of painted wood surfaces, this publication attempts to provid an up-to-date compilation of information that would be welcomed by conservators, scientists, art historians, curators, artists, and all those interested in the fascinating array of painted wooden objects created since the earliest times. Proceedings of a symposium organized by the Wooden Artifacts Group of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and the Foundation of the AIC, held in at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Va., 11-14 Nov. 1994."/ Includes bibliographical references. Contents as follows: Foreword /; Miguel Angel Corzo --; Preface /; Valerie Dorge and F. Carey Howlett --; Wood as a Physical Surface for Paint Application /; R. Bruce Hoadley --; Paints Based on Drying-Oil Media /; David Erhardt --; Tempera and Other Nondrying-Oil Media /; Richard Newman --; Microscopic Examination and Analysis of the Structure and Composition of Paint and Varnish Layers /; James S. Martin --; Support and Polychromy of Altarpieces from Brussels, Mechlin, and Antwerp /; Myriam Serck-Dewaide --; Painted Italian Picture Frames in the Samuel H. Kress Foundation Collection at the National Gallery of Art /; Nancie C. Ravenel --; The Imitation of Natural Materials in Architectural Interiors /; Ian C. Bristow. (Inventory #: 32303)