TAA i.2.12a.1.60
© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
(60)
Box 32
Ebony framework: red wood panels: <strips of> ivory & ebony
inlay/<veneer>: painted inscribed/<inscription cut> all round each
side & round lid and incised portions filled
up with yellow paint (which is easily removed
by water) orpiment[?] treated on surface with
something/<a protective coating> that renders it almost impervious
to water. Final colour of paint is yellowish
white. The final paint when treated can be
gently washed without ill effects.
Pigment
= Orpiment
Coating =
BeeswaxRefu Blew off Removed dust with brush: sponged
with damp sponge: Refastened loose inlay/<veneer> with
Necol cement: sprayed painted inscription with a
solution of celluloid in amyl acetate.
Refastened loose castors with casein adhesive.
Fabrics.
The under-mentioned were sprayed with a solution
of cellulose acetate in acetone
79j: 79l: 79i: 79h: 79m: 79p: 79u (2): 79t:
79n: 79d (1): 79f: 79k: 79u: 79<u> (6): 79<u> (5): 79d (8)
79d (9): 79d (6): 79d (2): 79o: 79d (10) 79d (7): 79d (5)
79d (4): 79d (3):