Architectural paint research is a field that has grown and expanded beyond painted finishes into the wider realm of architectural finishes. As research continues in the field, periodic paint research conferences help disseminate this information and allow the international community interested in this field to discuss their findings and research. The 2008 International Paint Research Conference in New York City brought together researchers, conservators, historians, curators, and architects from 14 countries. Three days of proceedings included new information on varnishes, paint, glazes, wallpaper, and the replication of historic finishes. Conservation and restoration techniques from countries including Denmark, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and China were examined.
This book, a compilation of papers presented at the conference, is a continuation of the dedication and desire on the part of the international paint research community to increase the body of knowledge by sharing its latest research.
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Key note speaker
Architectural paint research at American museums: an appeal for standards
Willie Graham
Research
A sharper focus: new techniques and findings at Colonial Williamsburg
Natasha K. Loeblich
The colors of Williamsburg: new analysis and the Chesapeake town
Edward A. Chappell
Paint analysis at Montpelier
Mark Wenger and Gardiner Hallock
Stenton and Mount Pleasant: revisiting the finish histories of two of Philadelphia's most treasured 18th-century houses
Peggy Olley
More than glass: Tiffany's decorative finishes
Jennifer Cappeto
Color and design for the masses: Corbusier and consumerism in commercial catalogs
Jennifer Kearney
Paint research, interpretation and communication
Line Bregnhøi and Mads Chr. Christensen
Historic materials and methods
White lead: it has a past but does it have a future?
Colin Mitchell-Rose
Copal resin and the practice of oil varnishing in the second half of 19th-century America
Andrew Fearon
'Layers of misunderstanding': the challenge of understanding, interpreting, and organising the results from architectural paint research
Jon Brænne
'... with the feather edge of a Goose-Quill': experimental archaeology at the Little Castle Bolsover
Helen Hughes
Wallpaper
Wallpaper through the ages from the collection of the Architectural Investigation
Group: a brief history from the 18th to the 20th century
Laura Luse
Compensating for losses in historic wallpapers
T.K. McClintock
Case studies
From deciphering layers to gel cleaning: history and application of traditional and modern methods in the conservation of paint finishes
Lei Yong, Min Junrong, Guo Hong, Wang Shiwei and Liu Chang
The Qing dynasty architectural painting at Shuxiang Temple, Chengde: the decision
to conserve or restore
Lori Wong and Han Li
Restoring the colors of Thomas Jeff erson: beyond the colors of independence
Frank Sagendorph Welsh
The red coast of north Norway
Tone Marie Olstad
A re-evaluation of three period rooms in the Wrightsman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Mechthild Baumeister, Adriana Rizzo, Melanie Brussat, Erika Sanchez Goodwillie and Batyah Shtrum
The paint systems and decorative painting at the Templers Colony, Sarona in the Holy Land 1871-1947
Shay Farkash
The historic and decorative finishes of Virginia City, Montana: a case study
Jeffrey MacDonald
Glitz and glam: theatrics in the historical finishes of Timothy L. Pflueger
Katharine Untch, Katherine Petrin, Kitty Vieth and James Cocks
The colourful past of the Royal Festival Hall
Patrick Baty
Index
Reviews
This excellently produced volume...contains a wide variety of material covering both interiors and exteriors, well put together and intelligently ordered...Altogether the volume is highly recommended.
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