TAA i.2.12a.1.36

Page number
36
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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Stool No 67

Small, low.
Hard dark red wood with two strips/<panels> of round 

bars at top. Slight/<Strips of> ebony and ivory veneer round panels of bars. Some of veneer loose. Washed with damp sponge and water.
Stuck in loose pieces of wood and loose inlay/<veneer> 

with casein adhesive

 

 

Stools Nos 139 & 140
Ebony with ivory inlay and ornamented with 

bands of gold on gesso. Leather seat.
In very bad condition. 

Ivory. Some eaten by insects; some loose
Gesso. Some loose
Leather. Perished and brittle and part gone.
Sponged with damp sponge.
Replaced loose pieces of ivory & gesso with 

celluloid cement. Sprayed with celluloid in amyl acetate
Treated remains of leather of 139 with lanoline
Some of the ivory inlay is reddish – 

possibly stained.