Highlights in this issue
Furniture timbers
Josephine A Darrah, Senior Scientific Officer, Conservation Department
Wood and metal are usually regarded as highly compatible materials. However, interactions between certain metals and woods can take place under adverse conditions, or as a result of using unsuitable materials.
The technical examination & conservation of painted furniture
Stephen Sheasby, Furniture Student on the RCA/V&A Conservation Course
Work on an English carved and painted armchair, dated about 1785, in preparation for it's inclusion in the new Ornament gallery in the V&A.
Disaster reaction planning progress
Susannah Edmunds, Senior Conservator, Paintings Section, Conservation Department
Over twenty five years ago the world's conservators converged upon Florence to deal with the appalling damage caused by flash floods.This article looks at the Planning process.
Corrosion of metals associated with wood
Nick Umney, Senior Conservator, Furniture & Woodwork Section, Conservation Department
Wood and metal are usually regarded as highly compatible materials. However, interactions between certain metals and woods can take place under adverse conditions, or as a result of using unsuitable materials.
July 1992 Issue 04
- Editorial
- Furniture timbers
- Data from the ether
- A question of research
- The technical examination & conservation of painted furniture
- Interim meeting of the ICOM 'Graphic Documents' working group held at the V&A
- A review of the Institute of Paper Conservation Conference, Manchester, April 1st - 4th 1992
- A review of 'The Imperfect Image'
- Disaster reaction planning progress
- Corrosion of metals associated with wood