31729
Accession Number
37953
Title Of Article Chaper
Disinfestation and consolidation of polychromed wood at the Istitut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, Brussels
Title Of Journal Book
Conservation of wood in painting and the decorative arts. Preprints of the contributions to the Oxford congress, 17 - 23 September 1978
Pages
81-83
Publisher
International institute for conservation
Publisher City
London
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
French
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Iic congress on the conservation of wood in painting and the decorative arts
Meeting City
Oxford
Abstract
Examples are given of different treatments applied to polychromed wood sculpture seriously damaged by insects: fumigation with methyl bromide or Zyklon B, application of Xylamon Combi-Clear, consolidation with Paraloid B72 (with or without pentachlorophenol) and partial replacement of the wood. These operations are described with the reasons for their choice and the inherent problems in each case. The conclusion warns against the use of mass treatment procedures for polychromed wood.
Keywords
Sculpture, polychrome; Sculpture, polychrome wood; Sculpture, polychrome restoration; Reliquary, conservation; Wood, disinfection; Wood, fumigation; Silver, leaf; Wood, consolidation ICCROM
pub_id
31729
Meeting Date
19780917-19780923