In 1990, the Rijksmuseum acquired a splendid 17th-century French cabinet on stand. Initially rega... more In 1990, the Rijksmuseum acquired a splendid 17th-century French cabinet on stand. Initially regarded as belonging to the late oeuvre of Pierre Gole, this opinion was revised after a comparison with cabinets attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle in the Wallace Collection, the Getty Museum and in the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch at Drumlanrig. Recent technical studies of the cabinets of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Wallace Collection allowed a more detailed comparison of their construction and design, execution and choice of materials of the marquetry. The comparison shows a clear and rapid development in the sophistication and refinement of this late 17th-century French marquetry furniture. This article aims to illustrate this and to define elements that are characteristic for the work of Boulle.
Gelatins are proteinaceous natural materials that are widely used in areas such as conservation a... more Gelatins are proteinaceous natural materials that are widely used in areas such as conservation and restoration of artifacts as adhesives and consolidants, in pharmaceutics as drug delivery carriers, and in the food industry as structurants. Herein, type A porcine gelatin adhesive films are prepared via solution casting method and their physical and mechanical properties are investigated using X‐ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry, contact angle measurement, dynamic mechanical analysis, and uniaxial tensile tests. The results demonstrate a linear correlation between microstructure of gelatin films in terms of their triple‐helix content and their macroscopic mechanical properties such as tensile strength and gel (Bloom) strength. Moreover, the findings of this study can help the scientists, in, e.g., art conservation and restoration, to predict the mechanical performance of these adhesives by performing a less material demanding and nondestructive physical measurement such as XRD.
The Climate4Wood research project will start in December 2012. Its aim is to provide guidelines f... more The Climate4Wood research project will start in December 2012. Its aim is to provide guidelines for a more sustainable museum climate. Part of this project will be a museum study, to develop a better understanding of the influence of climate on decorated wooden panels. In anticipation of the start of the project, observations on furniture in the Rijksmuseum and Castle Amerongen are discussed to give direction to the museum study.
This paper discusses the decision-making process and the conservation treatment of Nigritella Nig... more This paper discusses the decision-making process and the conservation treatment of Nigritella Nigra (1993), a chest of drawers designed by Alessandro Mendini (Milan, 1931-2019. (1)). The top drawer case is decorated with several colourful abstract crayon drawings, making the chest a unique work of art. The varnish on top of these drawings was peeling off, lifting the crayon with it, with loss of material as a result. This study analyses the factors that may have contributed to the degradation process and describes the research performed preceding treatment, including ethical, aesthetical and artistic perspectives. Information from an artist interview has enriched deliberations in decision-making. For material analysis Py-GC/MS and FTIR were used, identifying grease crayon as medium for the drawings and cellulose nitrate (CN) for the varnish. Various options for consolidation and retouching were considered and tested, and a suitable approach was found with satisfactory result
Over the last 30 years, more than 70 pieces of furniture from the Rijksmuseum collection (Amsterd... more Over the last 30 years, more than 70 pieces of furniture from the Rijksmuseum collection (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) have been dated using dendrochronology. Furniture from the northern Netherlands was seldom dated by the maker and never signed, and only a few documents indicating who and when it was made have survived. Here, we present an overview of the research carried out on 17th-century furniture objects from the Rijksmuseum, with a special focus on the results pertaining to marquetry cabinets produced around the 1700s. We outline the general approach followed to conduct dendrochronological research on cabinets — from the selection of elements to the interpretation of the results. On average, a cabinet consists of fifty to 100 wooden elements. In many of these elements, the end grain is not accessible, and partial dismantling may be required to access the surface and the tree-ring pattern; hence, conscious choices must be made. Seven pieces of furniture are discussed in this pa...
CÉCILIA GAUVIN* Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands c.a.fgauvin@tue.nl ... more CÉCILIA GAUVIN* Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands c.a.fgauvin@tue.nl ANNA KREKELER Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands A.Krekeler@rijksmuseum.nl SYDNEY BEALL Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation Newark DE, USA sydneyebeall@gmail.com STINA EKELUND Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands S.Ekelund@rijksmuseum.nl ISKANDER BREEBAART Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands I.Breebaart@rijksmuseum.nl JEAN-CHRISTOPHE DUPRÉ University of Poitiers Poitiers, France jean.christophe.dupre@univ-poitiers.fr FRANCK HESSER University of Poitiers Poitiers, France franck.hesser@univ-poitiers.fr PAUL VAN DUIN Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands P.van.Duin@rijksmuseum.nl PETRIA NOBLE Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands P.Noble@rijksmuseum.nl
ISCHP 2019: 7th International Scientific Conference on Hardwood Processing, 2019
The structural preservation of panel paintings and decorated furniture as significant parts of Du... more The structural preservation of panel paintings and decorated furniture as significant parts of Dutch cultural heritage, requires comprehensive knowledge on the long term behaviour of their constituent materials namely wood and animal glues. A decorated cabinet crafted by Jan van Mekeren (1684-1744) is chosen as the case study. The environment-induced ageing of wooden artefacts is often due to failure of the glue joints between the wooden parts. This behaviour is largely not understood.Structural Integrity & CompositesAdhesion InstituteBio-based Structures & Material
Covered tightly by a thin leather skin, three early seventeenth-century cornetts from the collect... more Covered tightly by a thin leather skin, three early seventeenth-century cornetts from the collection of the Rijksmuseum were examined with the focus on their construction and manufacturing. One cornett of the three unexpectedly turned out to have a peculiar construction and to be made out of two sections of different wood species. The question arose whether this could be original or is the result of an extensive restoration.As the internal structure is not accessible for analysis and examination, multi-scale Computed Tomography (CT) scanning was employed to identify the exact regions of interest (ROI) and subsequently perform scans at a sufficiently high resolution in those areas. 3D images of the hollow spaces such as the tunnelling structure caused by the common furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum) criss-crossing the wood species could be computed from the 3D x-ray tomography reconstruction. This allowed to place the occurrence of the insect infestation after the joining of the tw...
In 1990, the Rijksmuseum acquired a splendid 17th-century French cabinet on stand. Initially rega... more In 1990, the Rijksmuseum acquired a splendid 17th-century French cabinet on stand. Initially regarded as belonging to the late oeuvre of Pierre Gole, this opinion was revised after a comparison with cabinets attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle in the Wallace Collection, the Getty Museum and in the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch at Drumlanrig. Recent technical studies of the cabinets of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Wallace Collection allowed a more detailed comparison of their construction and design, execution and choice of materials of the marquetry. The comparison shows a clear and rapid development in the sophistication and refinement of this late 17th-century French marquetry furniture. This article aims to illustrate this and to define elements that are characteristic for the work of Boulle.
Gelatins are proteinaceous natural materials that are widely used in areas such as conservation a... more Gelatins are proteinaceous natural materials that are widely used in areas such as conservation and restoration of artifacts as adhesives and consolidants, in pharmaceutics as drug delivery carriers, and in the food industry as structurants. Herein, type A porcine gelatin adhesive films are prepared via solution casting method and their physical and mechanical properties are investigated using X‐ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry, contact angle measurement, dynamic mechanical analysis, and uniaxial tensile tests. The results demonstrate a linear correlation between microstructure of gelatin films in terms of their triple‐helix content and their macroscopic mechanical properties such as tensile strength and gel (Bloom) strength. Moreover, the findings of this study can help the scientists, in, e.g., art conservation and restoration, to predict the mechanical performance of these adhesives by performing a less material demanding and nondestructive physical measurement such as XRD.
The Climate4Wood research project will start in December 2012. Its aim is to provide guidelines f... more The Climate4Wood research project will start in December 2012. Its aim is to provide guidelines for a more sustainable museum climate. Part of this project will be a museum study, to develop a better understanding of the influence of climate on decorated wooden panels. In anticipation of the start of the project, observations on furniture in the Rijksmuseum and Castle Amerongen are discussed to give direction to the museum study.
This paper discusses the decision-making process and the conservation treatment of Nigritella Nig... more This paper discusses the decision-making process and the conservation treatment of Nigritella Nigra (1993), a chest of drawers designed by Alessandro Mendini (Milan, 1931-2019. (1)). The top drawer case is decorated with several colourful abstract crayon drawings, making the chest a unique work of art. The varnish on top of these drawings was peeling off, lifting the crayon with it, with loss of material as a result. This study analyses the factors that may have contributed to the degradation process and describes the research performed preceding treatment, including ethical, aesthetical and artistic perspectives. Information from an artist interview has enriched deliberations in decision-making. For material analysis Py-GC/MS and FTIR were used, identifying grease crayon as medium for the drawings and cellulose nitrate (CN) for the varnish. Various options for consolidation and retouching were considered and tested, and a suitable approach was found with satisfactory result
Over the last 30 years, more than 70 pieces of furniture from the Rijksmuseum collection (Amsterd... more Over the last 30 years, more than 70 pieces of furniture from the Rijksmuseum collection (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) have been dated using dendrochronology. Furniture from the northern Netherlands was seldom dated by the maker and never signed, and only a few documents indicating who and when it was made have survived. Here, we present an overview of the research carried out on 17th-century furniture objects from the Rijksmuseum, with a special focus on the results pertaining to marquetry cabinets produced around the 1700s. We outline the general approach followed to conduct dendrochronological research on cabinets — from the selection of elements to the interpretation of the results. On average, a cabinet consists of fifty to 100 wooden elements. In many of these elements, the end grain is not accessible, and partial dismantling may be required to access the surface and the tree-ring pattern; hence, conscious choices must be made. Seven pieces of furniture are discussed in this pa...
CÉCILIA GAUVIN* Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands c.a.fgauvin@tue.nl ... more CÉCILIA GAUVIN* Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands c.a.fgauvin@tue.nl ANNA KREKELER Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands A.Krekeler@rijksmuseum.nl SYDNEY BEALL Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation Newark DE, USA sydneyebeall@gmail.com STINA EKELUND Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands S.Ekelund@rijksmuseum.nl ISKANDER BREEBAART Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands I.Breebaart@rijksmuseum.nl JEAN-CHRISTOPHE DUPRÉ University of Poitiers Poitiers, France jean.christophe.dupre@univ-poitiers.fr FRANCK HESSER University of Poitiers Poitiers, France franck.hesser@univ-poitiers.fr PAUL VAN DUIN Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands P.van.Duin@rijksmuseum.nl PETRIA NOBLE Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands P.Noble@rijksmuseum.nl
ISCHP 2019: 7th International Scientific Conference on Hardwood Processing, 2019
The structural preservation of panel paintings and decorated furniture as significant parts of Du... more The structural preservation of panel paintings and decorated furniture as significant parts of Dutch cultural heritage, requires comprehensive knowledge on the long term behaviour of their constituent materials namely wood and animal glues. A decorated cabinet crafted by Jan van Mekeren (1684-1744) is chosen as the case study. The environment-induced ageing of wooden artefacts is often due to failure of the glue joints between the wooden parts. This behaviour is largely not understood.Structural Integrity & CompositesAdhesion InstituteBio-based Structures & Material
Covered tightly by a thin leather skin, three early seventeenth-century cornetts from the collect... more Covered tightly by a thin leather skin, three early seventeenth-century cornetts from the collection of the Rijksmuseum were examined with the focus on their construction and manufacturing. One cornett of the three unexpectedly turned out to have a peculiar construction and to be made out of two sections of different wood species. The question arose whether this could be original or is the result of an extensive restoration.As the internal structure is not accessible for analysis and examination, multi-scale Computed Tomography (CT) scanning was employed to identify the exact regions of interest (ROI) and subsequently perform scans at a sufficiently high resolution in those areas. 3D images of the hollow spaces such as the tunnelling structure caused by the common furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum) criss-crossing the wood species could be computed from the 3D x-ray tomography reconstruction. This allowed to place the occurrence of the insect infestation after the joining of the tw...
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