Notice catalographique « Measured opinions : collected papers on the conservation of paintings »

• Hedley, Gerry
• Villers, Caroline
• United Kingdom Institute for Conservation

Part One: Structure and Lining

Lining in a vacuum envelope with a traversing infra red heat source
Gerry Hedley, Stephen Hackney and Alan Cummings 7

Surface texture changes in vacuum lining: experiments with raw canvas
Alan Cummings and Gerry Hedley 10

The effect of beeswax / resin impregnation on the tensile properties of canvas
Gerry Hedley 17

Some empirical determinations of the strain distribution of stretched canvases
Gerry Hedley 21

Polymer dispersions artificially aged
Rachel Howells, Aviva Burnstock, Gerry Hedley and Stephen Hackney 27

Relining: materials and techniques: summary of replies to a questionnaire
Stephen Rees Jones, Alan Cummings and Gerry Hedley 35

Lining in 1984: questionnaire replies
Gerry Hedley and Caroline Villers 37

Lining without heat or moisture
Alan Phenix and Gerry Hedley, 42

Part Two: Linen

Artists canvases: their history and future
Gerry Hedley, Caroline Villers, V R Mehra 50

Measurements of the ageing of linen canvas
Stephen Hackney and Gerry Hedley 57

The deterioration of linen canvas: accelerated ageing tests to investigate the modes of deterioration and to assess retarding treatments
Stephen Hackney and Gerry Hedley 66

Linen canvas artificially aged
Stephen Hackney and Gerry Hedley 70

The stiffness of lining fabrics: theoretical and practical considerations
Gerry Hedley 76

Polyester sailcloth fabric: a high stiffness lining support
Gerry Hedley and Caroline Villers 81

• Painting - Conservation and restoration
• Painting - Expertising
• Peinture - Conservation et restauration
• Peinture - Expertise