The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 7

Edited by David Saunders

Book cover: The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 7

Extent: 112 pages

Publisher: Archetype Publications Ltd 

Subjects: Art & Art History, Book History, Conservation, & Museum Studies

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2013)

ISBN: 9781909492073

8.27 x 11.69 inches

Price: $70.00

In stock

This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin offers a forum to show a dynamic behind-the-scenes glimpse of the current work which curators, conservators and scientists have conducted on a range of artefacts and materials across the collections at the British Museum.


This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin offers a forum to show a dynamic behind-the-scenes glimpse of the current work which curators, conservators and scientists have conducted on a range of artefacts and materials across the collections at the British Museum.

Foreword

David Saunders

The study and conservation of four ancient Egyptian funerary portraits: provenance, conservation history and structural treatment

Nicola Newman, Lynne Harrison, David Thomas, Joanne Dyer and John Taylor

Maker, material and method: reinstating an indigenously made chair from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Catherine Elliott, Caroline Cartwright and Philip Kevin

A Bulgarian kukeri mask: a diplomatic gift and the conservation of its polyurethane foam decorations

Clare Ward, Nicole Rode, Marei Hacke and Judy Rudoe

A traditional Chinese method for weakening silk for use in the conservation of silk paintings

Vincent Daniels, Marei Hacke, Jin Xian Qiu and Valentina Marabini

Analytical study of the first royal Egyptian heart-scarab, attributed to a Seventeenth Dynasty king, Sobekemsaf

Gianluca Miniaci, Susan La Niece, Maria Filomena Guerra and Marei Hacke

Scientific analysis of a Buddha attributed to the Yongle period of the Ming dynasty

Quanyu Wang and Sascha Priewe

Examination and experimentation: conservation of an archaeological glass unguentarium for display

Julia Barton, Andrew Meek and Paul Roberts

Simple sophistication: Mauryan silver production in north west India

Paul Craddock, Caroline Cartwright, Kirsten Eckstein, Ian Freestone, Lalit Gurjar, Duncan Hook, Andrew Middleton and Lynn Willies

An unusual decorated skin coat from Canada: aspects of conservation and identification

Pippa Cruickshank, Caroline R. Cartwright, Jonathan C.H. King and Antony Simpson,

Foreword

David Saunders

The study and conservation of four ancient Egyptian funerary portraits: provenance, conservation history and structural treatment

Nicola Newman, Lynne Harrison, David Thomas, Joanne Dyer and John Taylor

Maker, material and method: reinstating an indigenously made chair from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Catherine Elliott, Caroline Cartwright and Philip Kevin

A Bulgarian kukeri mask: a diplomatic gift and the conservation of its polyurethane foam decorations

Clare Ward, Nicole Rode, Marei Hacke and Judy Rudoe

A traditional Chinese method for weakening silk for use in the conservation of silk paintings

Vincent Daniels, Marei Hacke, Jin Xian Qiu and Valentina Marabini

Analytical study of the first royal Egyptian heart-scarab, attributed to a Seventeenth Dynasty king, Sobekemsaf

Gianluca Miniaci, Susan La Niece, Maria Filomena Guerra and Marei Hacke

Scientific analysis of a Buddha attributed to the Yongle period of the Ming dynasty

Quanyu Wang and Sascha Priewe

Examination and experimentation: conservation of an archaeological glass unguentarium for display

Julia Barton, Andrew Meek and Paul Roberts

Simple sophistication: Mauryan silver production in north west India

Paul Craddock, Caroline Cartwright, Kirsten Eckstein, Ian Freestone, Lalit Gurjar, Duncan Hook, Andrew Middleton and Lynn Willies

An unusual decorated skin coat from Canada: aspects of conservation and identification

Pippa Cruickshank, Caroline R. Cartwright, Jonathan C.H. King and Antony Simpson

  • Edited by David Saunders