A study of the effects of PVAC on works of art on paper and wood: pH and colour change

This paper presents the preliminary findings of pH and colour measurements carried out on artworks on paperand on wood that had been treated with a poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAC) based adhesive in the 1980s. In both cases, areas treated with PVAC proved to be less acidic than untreated areas. Contrary to expectations, the conservation treatments have not, as yet, increased acidity levels in the objects under study. Colour measurements of the works on paper showed that those that had been backed with a cotton fabric using a mixture of methylcellulose and PVAC were less yellow than those from the same print run that had not been backed. This finding suggests that the backing somehow prevented the natural degradation of the support. In view of these preliminary results, further research is clearly needed. This study forms part of a broader ongoing project to assess the role of PVAC in the conservation of a range of cultural assets.

A guide in the National Museum of Naples : and its principal monumentes [sic], illustrated.

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Catalogue of the Indian collections in the Museum of fine arts, Boston,

v.5.Rājput painting.--v.6. Mughal painting.

Augustan art; an exhibition commemorating the bimillennium of the birth of Augustus, New York, January 4, 1939, through February 19.

"This handbook of the exhibition has been written by Gisela M.A. Richter ... except the chapter on Minor arts and painting, of which Christine Alexander ... is the writer."--Pref.

Iranian art; treasures from the Imperial collections and museums of Iran.

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Catalogue of Irish, Roman, and British antiquities, in the Museum of the late Dean of St. Patrick's.

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Inventory of the collection of pictures, miniatures, decorative furniture, porcelain, objects of art, books, &c. /

Cover title: The Jones collection.

Illustrated catalogue of the exhibition of portraits on loan in the new galleries of art, Corporation buildings, Sauchiehall Street.

Exhibition of portraits from Scotland and England "of deceased persons, especially of those who have been connected with Glasgow...." -- P. [iii].

Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History, Congo expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species.

Reprinted from Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. XLIII, art. VI, pp. 109-369.

Museum of foreign literature and science.

Title from caption.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Japanese swords guards,

Includes index.

The Museum of foreign literature and science.

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Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum.

No issue published in Dec. 1918.

Illustrated descriptive account of the Museum of Andalucian pottery and lace, antique and modern : together with notes on pre-Roman Seville and the lost city of Tharsis /

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Catalogue of paintings and drawings, with a summary of other works of art ... Summer 1893.

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