TAA i.2.12a.1.22

Page number
22
Caption
Relevant conservation notes page
Creator
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
22.8 cm x 17.8 cm (h x w)
Transcription

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Ebony Stool inlaid Ivory No 83.

 

Removed dust by blowing with small pair 

of bellows and afterwards brushed with 

small soft brush and benzine.
Cleaned gol The gold ornamentation was very 

tarnished. Cleaned with Scrubb’s Ammonia 

diluted with water and afterwards washed 

with water. Applied the ammonia and also 

the water by means of a piece of soft linen, 

and for the corners used a pointed piece of 

wood covered with soft linen, and <also> a small 

brush.
Stuck in loose pieces of ivory with a strong 

solution of celluloid in amyl acetate applied 

with a small brush. Also three loose gold 

covers for bosses, also several loose pieces of ebony 

and loose <wooden> eye of goose/<duck>. (One piece of ivory, three 

gold covers for bosses and the eye were found loose on the floor)