N.º 20 2014 pp. 75-79

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Colorimetric measurements as control elements in wood conservation status

Ovidia Soto-Martín

Faculty of Fine Arts, Universidad de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Spain

osotomar@ull.edu.es

Abstract

This paper is a methodological proposal for the study of altarpieces on wooden supports. The process was implemented to study the altarpiece of San Antonio de Padua in Garachico, Tenerife. For this, we conducted a review of key aspects appropriate to the discipline of wood identification carried out by macroscopic examination and for the characterization of the status of deterioration by colorimetric analysis. For the evaluation of the wood conservation status, the samples were subjected for the first time to colorimetric measurement. As a result we have created an online database to provide information for conservation professionals permitting them to design a proposal for preventive conservation and intervention individually for each object.

Keywords

Colour
Colorimetry
Wood
Preventive conservation
Geolocation
Restoration

Language

English

DOI

10.14568/cp2014014

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History

Received: 2014-12-15
Revised: 2015-2-2
Accepted: 2015-2-5
Online: 2015-2-9
Publication: 2015-2-27

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