Description

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This book is a supplementary volume to the standard work Vom Färben des Holzes. Holzbeizen von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (2006) and the following publication Quellentexte zum Färben des Holzes. Restorers and natural scientists from Germany, England, the USA, and the Netherlands describe in 14 case studies current results for the exploration of the original blaze of colour of historic furnitures and wooden equipment. Themes are changing of colours on stained and coloured wood of intarsia, as well as colouring matters and charts of colour range of the great European cabinetmakers of the 18th century (Oeben, Riesener, Chippendale, Spindler, and Roentgen). Further essays deal with the reconstruction of the formerly coloured appearance of historic furniture and the conservation of the marquetry colour with transparent overlays.

About the Author

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Prof. Dipl.-Rest. Hans Michaelsen: born 1946 in Schwerin; 1965-1967 apprenticeship as carpenter; 1967-1992 restorer of furniture, restoring leader and lecturer of the restorers education at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin; 1976-1980 study of conservation and restoration of cultural goods out of wood at the Fachschule für Restaurierung Berlin; 1992-1997 Professor for Wood restoration at the Fachhochschule Hildesheim; 1997-2012 Professor for restoration at the Fachhochschule Potsdam. Since 2006: Member of the editorial staff of the magazine VDR-Beiträge zur Erhaltung von Kunst- und Kulturgut.