17710
Author
Agrawal, O.P.; Singh, Tej; Jain, Kamal K.
Editor
Brommelle, N.S.; Smith, Perry
Title Of Article Chaper
Study and conservation of spotted red sandstone of Mathura
Title Of Journal Book
Case studies in the conservation of stone and wall paintings: preprints of the contributions to the Bologna Congress, 21-26 September 1986
Pages
165-169
Collation
7 photos, table, 6 refs.
Publisher
IIC
Publisher City
London
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Case studies in the conservation of stone and wall paintings
Meeting City
Bologna
Abstract
Stone sculptures in the collection of the Government Museum, Mathura, India, carved out of a local sandstone in the early centuries of the Christian era, represent a golden age of Indian art. Several of them show advanced decay and were in need of immediate conservation treatment. This paper presents the research and treatment undertaken on these sculptures by the authors at Mathura. A table shows the results of analysis of weathered and unweathered samples. CMC paste successfully removed the <i>sindur</i> deposit. Soluble salts were removed, the separated layers were refixed with epoxy resin; the consolidation efforts with organo-silanes continue at the time of the writing of this paper.
Keywords
Stone, sandstone; stone, cleaning paste; stone, deterioration salt crystallization; stone, deterioration diagnosis; stone, deterioration crust exfoliation; sculpture, stone examination; stone, analysis elemental; stone, analysis; sculpture, stone; stone, cleaning salt desalting; paper, pulp; cellulose, methyl carboxy-methyl; stone, filling; sculpture, conservation; synthetic-resin, polyvinyl acetate; synthetic-resin, epoxy; stone, consolidation silane silicone; stone, consolidation synthetic-resin; ICCROM
pub_id
17710
Meeting Date
19860921-19860926