Notice catalographique « East Asian lacquer : material culture, science and conservation »

• Rivers, Shayne
• Faulkner, Rupert
• Pretzel, Boris

Material Culture
Out of touch: on teh sensorial in the historical interpretation of Japanese lacquer

Maritime trade in Asia and the circultaion of lacquerware

How many 'Mazarin Chests' were there?

Two boxes and two balustrades: private orders for fine Japanese export lacquer

Japanese lacquer in eighteenth-century Europe: status and value - market price of craftsmanship and the canon of the grand arts

Maki-e production of the mid-Edo period as seen through historical European collections

Science and Conservation
Developing a methodology for the artificial ageing of urushi and a preliminary examination of urushi-baed conservation options

Solvent effects on East Asian lacquer

Stress measurement in East Asian lacquer thin films due to changes in relative humidity using phase shifting interferometry

A methodology for modelling the mechanical response of lacquer (urushi) under varying environmental conditions

New evidence for the use of Southeast Asian raw materials in seventeenth-century Japanese export lacquer

Delamination and flaking of East Asian export lacquer coatings on wood substrates

Construction methods of Japanese writing boxes (suzuribako)

The effects of consolidation on the appearance of powdery pigmented Japanese lacquer surfaces

The autofluorescence of Asian lacquer

Japanese lacquered armour in context: cross-sectional analysis as an aid for appraisal

An investigation into the cleaning of red lacquer (urushi)

The French connection: developing a conservation treatment plan for eighteenth-century Chinese lacquer panels adapted for an American Beaux Arts-style house

A cornucopia of carving techniques: an analysis and treatment of a Qing dynasty lacquered screen

Light-induced deterioration of urushi, maki-e and nashiji decoration

Conservation of the photodegraded surface of the Mazarin Chest

• "Papers selected form a conference held at the V&A in October 2009, supplemented by other invited papers"
• Includes bibilographical references
• In English, with a complete Japanese version in PDF format on accompanying CD-ROM

• Japanese = Japonais
• English = Anglais

• Lacquer and lacquering - East Asia - Congresses
• Lacquer and lacquering - Conservation and restoration
• Laque et laquage - Asie du Nord-Est - Congrès
• Laque et laquage - Conservation and restauration - Congrès