2024/3(38)

Basic Research

Stepanov P.

Law, morality and religion
in the structure of social regulation
(Part 2)

Historical Research

Naumov Yu.

On the issue of the history
of Russian navigation
and pioneering in the Arctic

Izbachkov Yu., Rybak K.

Note about representatives
of the Fleckenstein family

Yandiev B.

System of military education
in the Russian army of the first half
of the 19th century

Applied Research

Nikolaev K.

Painting-sketch by D.Nalbandyan
“Speech by V.I.Lenin in the House
of Unions” (1990, a private collection) and features of the artist’s late work: Based on the results
of a studyby the Scientific expertise Department of GOSNIIR

Kazanskaya K.

The contribution of the Edwardian era to the formation of vintage European fashion

Intangible Cultural Heritage

Elchaninov A.

Arctic Ocean. Russian geographical names as objects of intangible cultural heritage

Heritage Preservation Problems

Valkova V.

Problems of preservation of finishing coatings during the restoration of museum furniture and ways to solve them

Russian Foreign Heritage

Okorokov A.

»I will not submit!» The life
and work of the poetess
of the Russian Diaspora
Marianna Kolosova

Publ. 01/09/2024

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DOI 10.34685/HI.2024.14.14.026

Valkova V.

Problems of preservation of finishing coatings during the restoration
of museum furniture and ways to solve them

Abstract. The purpose of the article is to highlight the problem of insufficient scientific research on furniture restoration in comparison with other areas of restoration. In scientific research, only a few publications address some aspects of scientific furniture restoration. Techniques in the field of restoration of painting and architecture have been studied in more detail and are widely used.

The article analyzes the problems of approaches to the restoration of cultural heritage objects, in particular furniture, methods for cleaning finishing coatings, identifying tasks, criteria for choosing cleaning methods depending on the degree of preservation and characteristics of contamination, methods for preserving finishing coatings. The influence of various substances and materials on contaminants and finishing coatings, such as foam, xylene, water, gasoline, acetone, etc., was analyzed. In the course of the study conducted by the author, results of the effectiveness of individual cleaning methods were obtained and an option was proposed for cleaning individual contaminants of wooden surfaces while preserving the existing finishing coatings, recommendations on the use of materials are given, the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed methods for both furniture and restorers are analyzed.

Key words: restoration, cleaning, materials, furniture, preservation, pollution, finishing coatings, techniques.

Valkova Irina Vyacheslavovna
External post-graduate student,
Likhachev Russian Research Institute
for Cultural and Natural Heritage (Saint-Petersburg)
Email: valkowa.irina3@yandex.ru

Published: The Heritage Institute Journal, 2024/3(38)

URL: http://nasledie-journal.ru/en/journals/680.html

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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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