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By Mary F. Striegel and Jo Hill
This
is the first volume in the GCI's Scientific Tools for Conservation
series, which will offer information on scientific procedures and
methodologies of practical use to conservators and conservation
scientists.
In the study and conservation of art and artifacts, natural organic
materials are frequently encountered in components such as coatings,
binders, and adhesives. The identification of these materials is
often crucial to the attempt to characterize the technologies employed
by artists or craftspeople, understand the processes and causes
of deterioration, and plan appropriate conservation treatments.
Yet the limited resources of many conservation laboratories put
many analysis techniques beyond their reach. Thin-layer chromatography
can help fill this gap.
The volume consists of a handbook, protocols, and guide to reference
materials. The handbook serves as a primer for the basic application
of thin-layer chromatography to the analysis of binding media, adhesives,
and coatings found on cultural objects; the protocols provide step-by-step
instructions for the laboratory procedures involved in typical analyses;
and the guide to reference materials aids in the understanding of
the types of materials and documentation needed for accurate analyses
by thin-layer chromatography.
Mary Striegel received her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Indiana
University/Purdue University and currently works as a materials
scientist at the National Center for Preservation and Technology
and Training in Natchitoches, Louisiana. She formerly worked as
an Assistant Scientist at the GCI. Jo Hill, a graduate of the Winterthur
Museum/University of Delaware Art Conservation Program, is a Conservator
for the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at the University of California,
Los Angeles.
240 pages, 8H x 11 inches 65 charts
isbn 0-89236-390-8, paper, $25.00
To order this publication, go to the Getty Bookstore.
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