Adhesives and Consolidants
Adhesives and Consolidants
Adhesives and Consolidants
CONTENTS
Editorial
Introduction
The procedure of developing an adhesive for paintings: the importance of valid tests
GUSTAV A. BERGER and HAROLD I. ZELIGER
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Methylcellulose and sodium carboxymethylcellulose: an evaluation for use in paper conservation through
accelerated aging
CATHLEEN A. BAKER
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An old adhesive - starch paste. A new technique - the suction table offers new horizons in the treatment of brittle textiles
FONDA GHIARDITHOMSEN
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The use of silicones in the preservation of a field site - the Lark Quarry dinosaur trackways
NEVILLE AGNEW
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The manufacture and use of Japanese wheat starch adhesives in the treatment of Far Eastern pictorial art
PAUL WILLS
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Vegetable adhesives used in the workshop of the Hyogushi, restorer and mounter of Japanese paintings
KATSUHIKO MASUDA
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Some practical aspects in the choice of synthetic resins for the repair of ethnographic skin and gut
JULIA FENN
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Treatment of stone with synthetic resins for its protection against damage by freeze-thaw cycles
TADATERU NISHIURA, MASAMI FUKUDA and SADATOSHI MIURA
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The treatment of polychrome mediaeval English stone sculpture in the museum environment
JOHN LARSON and JENNIFER DINSMORE
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The use of organo-silanes for the treatment of limestone in an advanced state of deterioration
S. B. HANNA
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SEM examination of limestones treated with silanes or prepolymerized silicone resin in solution
A. E. CHAROLA, R. ROSSI-MANARESI, R. J. KOESTLER, G. E. WHEELER and A. TUCCI
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Contributors
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