2739
Accession Number
25469
Title Of Article Chaper
Tempera and decorated keyboard instruments
Title Of Journal Book
The Galpin Society journal
Volume
32
Pages
59-65
ISSN
0072-0127
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Two 18th-century sources mention soundboard ornaments painted in <i>détrempe</i>. Other contemporary reference explains this term to mean pigment with animal glue, gum arabic or gelatin as a binder. Water-soluble paint has been found on a number of authentic instruments from the 17th-18th centuries.
pub_id
2739