Highlights in this issue
Consolidation of Painted Surfaces. A Workshop led by Sandra Grantham, 11th September 1998
Fi Jordan , Senior Ceramics Conservator, Ceramics & Glass Conservation
The workshop gave Sandra Grantham an opportunity to demonstrate the application of a misted consolidation system. The consolidation of friable materials presents a constant challenge to every conservation discipline.
The Novels of Charles Dickens; Bound to Last? The Structural Evolution of a Manuscript's Bindings
Bridget Mitchell , Books Conservator, Books Conservation
The National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum holds the manuscripts of 12 of the novels by Charles Dickens. A condition survey carried out by the Book Conservation Section in 1991 identified these 38 volumes as amongst the most valuable items at greatest risk.
Non-Destructive Pigment Analysis Using Raman Microscopy
Alan Derbyshire, Senior Paper Conservator Robert Withnall, Senior Lecturer, University of Greenwich
The portable Raman Microscope is an invaluable instrument for pigment analysis, capable of focusing through the cover glass of a miniature, such as the Heneage Jewel.
RCA/V&A Conservation Course Abstracts
Helen Jones, Course Tutor, RCA/V&A Conservation Course
This Journal provides a welcome opportunity to present examples of work by the students on the RCA/V& A Conservation Course, both through the articles they contribute and this occasional series of abstracts.
January 1999 Issue 30
- Editorial - Change, Access and Permanence
- Consolidation of Painted Surfaces. A Workshop led by Sandra Grantham, 11th September 1998
- The Novels of Charles Dickens; Bound to Last? The Structural Evolution of a Manuscript's Bindings
- Non-Destructive Pigment Analysis Using Raman Microscopy
- An investigation into the archival properties of colour photocopies and inkjet prints: Summary of a project undertaken at Camberwell College of Art as part of a BA in Paper Conservation, Spring 1996
- 24th Annual Conference of Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property in Whitehouse, Yukon, 27-29 May 1998
- Science Surgery
- RCA/V&A Conservation Course Abstracts
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