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10 July 2009 Analysis of the European lacquer technique and technology of polychromed wooden decoration of Chinese room in Wilanow Palace in Warsaw
Irmina Zadrozna, Anna Guzowska, Elzbieta Jezewska
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A well preserved wooden paneling decoration of one of the rooms adhering to the King's Jan III bedroom in Wilanow Palace is a unique example of European lacquerwork attributed to famous 18th century craft workshop of Martin Schnell. This decorative technique is a method of applying many layers of clear or colored composition of resins available in Europe to especially prepared ground layer. The paper summarizes the results of original painting materials identification as well as original and late layers stratigraphy. Under certainly not original parts of polychromy there were other colors found. It has been discovered also that some parts of the wooden paneling was removed and replaced with copies painted in a different technique. The 3D scanner and produced orthophotoplans allowed full documentation of the state of preservation of the whole room. The paint samples of which stratigraphic cross-sections were made have been analysed with SEM-EDS technique and ultraviolet fluorescence microscopy. Application of the most advanced analysis techniques like Gas Chromatography (GC/MS) and Fourier-Transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) allowed the most exact identification of binding media.
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Irmina Zadrozna, Anna Guzowska, and Elzbieta Jezewska "Analysis of the European lacquer technique and technology of polychromed wooden decoration of Chinese room in Wilanow Palace in Warsaw", Proc. SPIE 7391, O3A: Optics for Arts, Architecture, and Archaeology II, 73910R (10 July 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.827476
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KEYWORDS
Lead

Ultraviolet radiation

FT-IR spectroscopy

Chemical analysis

Luminescence

Statistical analysis

Zinc

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