33218
Accession Number
29698
Author
Delcroix, Gilbert; Illes, Veronica; Lion, Violaine
Title Of Article Chaper
The conservation of painted wall coverings from Clayton House, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Title Of Journal Book
Textile Specialty Group postprints: Vol. Two. Papers delivered at the Textile Subgroup Session, AIC 20th annual meeting, Buffalo, New York, June 1992
Volume
2
Pages
60-65
Collation
figs.
Publisher
AIC
Publisher City
Washington
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph : Proceedings
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
AIC annual meeting (20)
Meeting Country
United States
Abstract
Painted wall coverings were custom made in 1892 for Henry and Adelaide Frick's residence, Clayton House, in Pittsburgh. The support was mechanically woven of linen warp and coarse jute fiber weft. The oil paint was applied by blocking, stencilling, and rolled and hand printing. The panels were stretched on wooden slats mounted directly to the plaster wall. The panels were cleaned and stitched to linen sheet fabric and then mounted on Were aluminum boards (aluminum honeycomb with aluminum facing) using Were adhesive, with a barrier of scoured flannel and cotton cloth fabric between. The boards were then remounted on the wall. -- AATA
Keywords
jute; linen; paint; printing; textiles; USA (Pennsylvania-- Pittsburgh); -- AATA
pub_id
33218
Meeting Date
19920602-19920607