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Metal Plating and Patination
Cultural, technical and historical developments
- 1st Edition - June 2, 2017
- Editor: Susan La-Niece
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 9 2 0 6 - 9
Surface finishing is a major subject in the field of metals. The artistic and technical development of decorative or protective finishes has produced some distinctive classes of… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSurface finishing is a major subject in the field of metals. The artistic and technical development of decorative or protective finishes has produced some distinctive classes of metalwork in different parts of the world. Metal Plating and Patination is
the most important reference work to be published surveying the surface treatments used from the inception of metallurgy to the present day.
the most important reference work to be published surveying the surface treatments used from the inception of metallurgy to the present day.
Conservators, museum curators, museum scientists, art historians, archaeologists, students of applied art, jewlellers and metal craftsmen.
CONTENTS INCLUDE: Preface: artificial patination: Multi-coloured antique bronze statues; Original appearance of classical statuary; Aesthetic and technical considerations regarding the colour and texture of ancient gold work; Studies of ancient Chinese mirrors and other bronze artefacts; Patination phenomena on Roman and Chinese high-tin bronze mirrors and other artefacts; Japanese traditional alloys; Black patinated bronze in the ancient world; Neglected Chinese decorative technology; Bidri ware of India; Special finishes on non-ferrous materials at the National Maritime Museum; The patination of iron by bower-barffing; Oxidised silver in the 19th century; Gilding of metals in the Old World; Techniques of gilding and surface-enrichment in Prehispanic
American metallurgy; A study of the gilding of Chinese Buddhist bronzes; Silvering; Silver plating in the 18th century; Roman techniques of manufacturing silver plated coins; Surface characterisation of tinned bronze, high-tin bronze, tinned iron and arsenical bronze; Copper plating on iron; History of electroplating; Modern electroplating and electrofinishing techniques.
American metallurgy; A study of the gilding of Chinese Buddhist bronzes; Silvering; Silver plating in the 18th century; Roman techniques of manufacturing silver plated coins; Surface characterisation of tinned bronze, high-tin bronze, tinned iron and arsenical bronze; Copper plating on iron; History of electroplating; Modern electroplating and electrofinishing techniques.
- No. of pages: 256
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 2, 2017
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9781483292069
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