Architectural Paint Research

This volume presents papers from the 4th International Architectural Paint Research Conference (2010), highlighting the growing maturity of the field within the heritage sector. Contributors discuss advancing the profession, public engagement, and the role of paint researchers in decision-making. Topics include the organisational and financial contexts of practice, how research informs interpretation, and effective communication with clients and heritage bodies-emphasising APR’s evolving role in conservation and heritage management.

The 4th International Architectural Paint Research Conference in 2010 illustrated the developing maturity of a discipline confident in its position within the heritage sector. Specialists in the field discussed ‘Moving the Profession Forward’, ‘The Public Face of APR’ and ‘Decision Making: Communication with Clients and Heritage Bodies’. The papers in this conference volume explore the organisational and financial context in which architectural paint research is practiced, the application of research findings to interpretation and the paint researcher’s role in the decision-making process.

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Part I - Moving the profession forward

An overview of the profession - Ian Bristow

Alabastine: using trade catalogues, patents and advertisements to find a company - Mary Jablonski

Protecting the exterior of historic buildings: is there life after lead? - Colin Mitchell-Rose and Christine Sitwell

Revealing relevance: efficient, effective and effortless research reporting - Ian Crick-Smith

Two restored buildings revisited - Tone Marie Olstad

Restoring the Aubette conversion - Mariel Polman and Luc Megens

Teaching analysis of architectural paint finishes using cross-section microscopy techniques - Susan Buck

The palette of 19th-century interior paint in Denmark - Line Bregnhoi

Temporary transparency: a method for examination and documentation of distemper paint using organic solvents and a digital and mobile infrared camera - Barbro Wedvik

When you can't treat everything: developing a phased conservation treatment plan for the antique Italian painted and gilded ceiling in the Vanderbilt Mansion in New York - Melissa McGrew

Part II - The public face of architectural paint research: making findings accessible to the public

Communicating the results of architectural paint research - Angelique Friedrichs

Seeing in colour: the Romanesque frieze on the west front of Lincoln Cathedral - Cassandra Booty and Judy McGurry

Part III - Decision making: communication with clients and other heritage bodies

A rediscovered opulence: the surface decoration of an early 18th-century Damascene reception room at The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Adriana Rizzo, Mechthild Baumeister, Beth Edelstein, Arianna Gambirasi and Anke Scharrahs with contributions by Julia Schultz and Daniel P. Kirby

Bringing into the open: the study and use of architectural paint research information within the context of Singapore - Yeo Kang Shua, Lawrence Chin and Claire Lim

Architectural paint researcher: puppet or decision maker? - Ann Verdonck and Marjolein Deceuninck

The role of architectural paint research in the development of conservation strategies - Karen Morrissey and Elizabeth Hirst

Forty pieces of silver: a historic paint investigation for the former Bank of Montreal building, Ottawa - Nancy E. Binnie

Hay House, Macon, Georgia: an overview of a long-term conservation, preservation and restoration project - Geoffrey Steward,

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Part I - Moving the profession forward

An overview of the profession - Ian Bristow

Alabastine: using trade catalogues, patents and advertisements to find a company - Mary Jablonski

Protecting the exterior of historic buildings: is there life after lead? - Colin Mitchell-Rose and Christine Sitwell

Revealing relevance: efficient, effective and effortless research reporting - Ian Crick-Smith

Two restored buildings revisited - Tone Marie Olstad

Restoring the Aubette conversion - Mariel Polman and Luc Megens

Teaching analysis of architectural paint finishes using cross-section microscopy techniques - Susan Buck

The palette of 19th-century interior paint in Denmark - Line Bregnhøi

Temporary transparency: a method for examination and documentation of distemper paint using organic solvents and a digital and mobile infrared camera - Barbro Wedvik

When you can’t treat everything: developing a phased conservation treatment plan for the antique Italian painted and gilded ceiling in the Vanderbilt Mansion in New York - Melissa McGrew

Part II - The public face of architectural paint research: making findings accessible to the public

Communicating the results of architectural paint research - Angelique Friedrichs

Seeing in colour: the Romanesque frieze on the west front of Lincoln Cathedral - Cassandra Booty and Judy McGurry

Part III - Decision making: communication with clients and other heritage bodies

A rediscovered opulence: the surface decoration of an early 18th-century Damascene reception room at The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Adriana Rizzo, Mechthild Baumeister, Beth Edelstein, Arianna Gambirasi and Anke Scharrahs with contributions by Julia Schultz and Daniel P. Kirby

Bringing into the open: the study and use of architectural paint research information within the context of Singapore - Yeo Kang Shua, Lawrence Chin and Claire Lim

Architectural paint researcher: puppet or decision maker? - Ann Verdonck and Marjolein Deceuninck

The role of architectural paint research in the development of conservation strategies - Karen Morrissey and Elizabeth Hirst

Forty pieces of silver: a historic paint investigation for the former Bank of Montreal building, Ottawa - Nancy E. Binnie

Hay House, Macon, Georgia: an overview of a long-term conservation, preservation and restoration project - Geoffrey Steward

• Edited by Rachel Faulding
• Edited by Sue Thomas