Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pte. 1.Wood technology. Cap. 1.The dimensional response of wood to variation in relative humidity ; cap. 2.Fracture of wood and factors which influence it ; cap. 3.Wood-polymer composites: new materials with unique physical properties
  • pte. 2.Biological attack. Cap. 1.Insect pests of wooden cultural properties and their control in Japan ; cap. 2.Insect damage to wood in the decorative arts: a world problem ; cap. 3.Insecticidal smokes for the conservation of structural timbers
  • pte. 3.Furniture. Cap. 1.Restoring an Italian commode ; cap. 2.On the straightening of a warped mahogany-veneered panel ; cap. 3.Use of B72 in the restoration of a marquetry surface ; cap. 4.The restoration of Boulle marquetry at the Bavarian National Museum ; cap. 5.The use of beeswax and resin in the restoration of east Asian lacquer work ; cap. 6.Basic aspects of musical instrument conservation ; cap. 7.Acoustic tests of repairs to musical instrument soundboards ; cap. 8.Notched and waved ledges: a Baroque joinery technique
  • pte. 4.Wood in architecture. Cap. 1.Conservation work on fifteenth century wood intarsia in the old sacristy of Florence Cathedral ; cap. 2.Report on the restoration and reconstruction of the Haldenstein Room ; cap. 3.Consolidation of fragile wood with low viscosity aliphatic epoxy resins ; cap. 4.Restoration and preservation of decayed timber structures and constructions with epoxies ; cap. 5.Building paints from craft to technology
  • pte. 5.Wood sculpture. Cap. 1.Disinfestation and consolidation of polychromed wood at the Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, Brussels ; cap. 2.The working methods of the studio of Bernt Notke illustrated by the crucifix in Lübeck Cathedral, 1477 ; cap. 3.Altar retables of the late Gothic period in Austria: wood construction and conservation problems ; cap. 4.Restoration and assembly of the central shrine of a late fifteenth century German altar from Cologne ; cap. 5.The survey and treatment of some polychromed wooden sculptures damaged by earthquakes in the Friuli region of Italy ; cap. 6.The conservation of a large exterior wood sculpture: "Sally Grant" restored ; cap. 7.The decay and restoration of totem poles in situ at island sites on the north Pacific coast
  • pte. 6.Panel paintings. Technical studies. Cap. 1.Induced strain in panel paintings undergoing conformational changes ; cap. 2.Factors affecting the dimensional responses of wood ; cap. 3.Calculations on the response of wood to moisture ; cap. 4.Holographic interferometry of painted surfaces ; cap. 5.The thermographic detection of voids in panel paintings
  • pte. 7.Panel paintings. Treatment. Cap. 1.The application of balsa blocks as a stabilizing auxiliary for panel paintings ; cap. 2.A flexible balsa back for the stabilization of a Botticelli panel painting ; cap. 3.Reinforcing a thin panel painting ; cap. 4.The treatment of panels at the Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, Brussels ; cap. 5.Some methods of repair and conservation of easel paintings on wooden supports ; cap. 6.The flattening and stabilization of soft wood panel paintings by means of a method which respects their original technical structure ; cap. 7.Observations on the straightening and cradling of warped panel paintings ; cap. 8.A panel transfer problem ; cap. 9.The transfer of a sixteenth century panel painting: use of a lightweight paper honeycomb material as a support ; cap. 10.The surface and structural treatment of a Fayum portrait.