The Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings

The National Gallery’s Conservation Department, founded in 1946, initially occupied two converted exhibition rooms. Restoration ...

Facing of the surface before structural consolidation work Panels once consolidated on the surface are usually faced before any ...

concentration for open joints and wider cracks. If the cracks are over a few millimeters wide, rye flour can be added as a fille ...

Consolidation and impregnation of woodworm-affected areas Where there are cases of woodworm attack, it is very difficult to cons ...

The Evazote/Plastazote is shaped to accommodate potential panel warp. Only minimal rows of the foam blocks are used, to allow fl ...

a secondary support to the back, which will normally return the panel to its original thickness or even make it slightly thicker ...

grains—and toward the center of the panel. The back of the frame should always project beyond the picture to prevent the panel f ...

Photographic examination by infrared and X ray was carried out toestimate the true condition of the remaining panel and paint (F ...

First the picture was faced. With the goal of realigning uneven fragments of the picture adjacent to the cracks, different resin ...

of wood were applied, and a second orange putty was pushed in from behind around the new inserts next to the older white putty. ...

Further moisture treatment from the back was necessary, but a slower, more even drying process was desired. Therefore, moisture ...

that its strength was reduced before application. Both sides of the first layer and the underside of the second layer were score ...

applied immediately afterward. The wooden frame was placed around the edges of the panel; an overall vacuum was then applied and ...

Paraloid B67 and Paraloid B72,Lascaux Restauro, Alois K. Dethelm A.G., CH 83026 Bruttisellen, Switzerland; and Atlantis European ...

B    frequently require conservation treatment. Generally, panel paintings are rejoined to improve the inte ...

The second type of pressure, alignment pressure,may be sub- divided into two categories. Out-of-planealignment describes pressur ...

become immediately apparent after the glue has been applied and the joint brought together—a moment when the unforeseen tends to ...

be made thin and, therefore, more flexible, joint strength and durability should be better. However, if sufficient strength can ...

can be taken apart and rebuilt to suit most larger panels or be customized for a particular situation. All three designs require ...

In panels with multiple splits, some running the entire length of the panel, it is preferable to rejoin each section first. This ...