TAA i.2.12a.1.55

                                                                                                                    (55)

Arrow Heads 147c
7. Cleaned with strong ammonia & well washed 

with water

Stick 98
Hard red wood with gold bands at top, one 

plain, others ornamented with applied work in 

tiny granules. Gold yellow, very slightly 

tarnished, except one very narrow band which is 

much tarnished. Four narrow bands have 

coloured inlay. Washed with damp sponge &

damp brush.

Chair 39
Ebony – ebony & ivory inlay/<veneer>, gold studs: gilt gesso panels on arms. 

Blew off dust with bellows: sponged solid parts 

with damp sponge & inlay/<veneer> & gesso with damp brush. 

Gold studs very tarnished: cleaned with ammonia &

washed with water. (The hin rudimentary toe on each of the front 

                                 back legs is x[?]/<ivory> coloured (apparently stained) 
                                 red.
Re-fastened inlay/<veneer> with Necol cement.
Treated gilt panels with melted paraffin wax 

applied on hot chair (heated in sun) a by means of 

a 10 cc pipette
                                   When 
                                   unpacked in Cairo 
                                   a few small pieces of ebony veneer 

                                   found loose –

                                   repaired with 

                                   glue.