2026/3(46)

Contents

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Filin P.

Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, the search for the Northeast Passage and Russian maritime culture in the late 16th century

APPLIED RESEARCH

Bychkova O.

Role of popular science tourism infrastructure in the popularization and preservation of scientific and technical heritage

Zinovieva N.

Network culture in the context of two approaches to research issues

Kovbasyuk T.

Significant extension to an existing property on the example of the World Heritage site ‘White monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

Kostina N.

Methodological approaches to working with the cultural heritage of the region in the context of the cultural and educational policy of modern Russia

Khilko N.

Objectification as a form of digital reconstruction of lost cultural heritage in the urban environment of tourist sites Western Siberia

INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

Kitov Yu., Egorova M.

Genesis and development of Evenki circle dances as a cultural phenomenon of historical and modern Yakutia

CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES

Kukhterin S., Yermolov E. 

Karbas of the 17th century. An Oransky find on the coast of Novaya Zemlya

Okorokov A.

40 years of the Marine Arctic Complex Expedition of the Heritage Institute

Seleznev A.

Shamanic ladder in the Muslim cemetery: to the semantics of the ornamented on-grave posts of the Tobol-Irtysh Tatars

Selezneva S.

Identification of immovable cultural heritage objects in Russia: conceptual, regulatory and regional aspects

HERITAGE PRESERVATION

Soloviev A., Berezina N.

International and foreign models for the preservation of immovable cultural heritage: a comparative legal and cultural analysis

Spivak D.

Cultural heritage in actual UNESCO strategy

MUSEOLOGY

Pleshchenko V.

The corporate museum as a tool for preserving the history and accumulating the business reputation of the company

Sarkisova E.

School as a center for the preservation of cultural heritage: from the experience of cultural and educational activities of school museums

Publ. 18/09/2026

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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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