42066
Accession Number
12089
Title Of Article Chaper
Conservarion of six terracorta portrait busts by William Rush
Title Of Journal Book
Preprints of papers presented at the eleventh annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. Baltimore, Maryland 25-29 May 1983
Pages
86-96
Publisher
American Institute of Conservation
Publisher City
Washington
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. 11.
Meeting City
Baltimore
Abstract
Six terracotta busts cleaned by immersion in water underwent dramatic improvements in surface appearance due to removal of grime and iron oxide stains; the procedure is outlined and cautions are recommended in considering similiar treatment for other terracotta objects.
Keywords
Ceramic, terracotta cleaning; ceramic, terracotta restoration; sculpture, terracotta -- ICCROM
pub_id
42066
Meeting Date
19830525-19830529