TAA i.2.12a.1.29

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Throne No 91 (? Ceremonial Chair)

 

(a) Part covered with thin gold plate     } Inlaid with coloured
(b) Part covered with gesso gilt.              stones & coloured
                                                                 glass.
Gold dull scarlet <or plum-coloured> in places (both a & b) and 

also reddish brown in places (both a & b)

The under side of the seat (which is gesso gilt) 

is generally very yellow – much more so than 

anywhere else – but there are both brownish

reddish brown spots and patches in places 

with here and there a suggestion of scarlet.

Very dirty
Blew off as much dust as possible with small 

bellows. Then brushed with small dry brush

Sponged with small sponge and water for more 

solid parts and brushed with <damp> soft-brush wetted 

with water for more delicate parts.
On some of the glazed inlay <(glass)> a brown/<dirty> amorphous 

deposit very adherent. This was removed by water x[?] <and soft brush and>

when wet gave a smell suggestive of glue <and occasionally frothed>: This