TAA i.2.12a.1.60

Page number
60
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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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 = 

Beeswax
Refu 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):