TAA i.2.12a.1.32
© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
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Stool No 84
Wood and rushwork. P
Wood with rushwork seat
Painted thickly with white paint which is
peeling off in places.
Sprayed with a strong solution of celluloid
in amyl acetate
Chair <87> & Footstool 887
Hard red wood with a little sheet gold on the chair.
Gold yellow but tarnished slightly.Cleaned After blowing off dust cleaned with
damp sponge.
Gold on chair – one/<sev many> pieces loose. re-fastened with <one piece on back loose>
<with> Necol cement <& many pieces on broken staves with celluloid acetate cement>
: small piece of carving – added a
little plastic wood & stuck in with Necol cement.
Two loose pieces of wood on stool mended with
casein adhesive.
On chair gold put directly on wood – no gesso