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Rachel If unglazed the tiles were likely fired in a non-oxygen (closed kiln) environment that turns the red clay dark grey — iron oxide to iron. This is not necessarily a low temperature firing. We see this in bricks with the full range of firings. Also the chlorine in most tap water is not a preferred ...

Annabelle yes of course....However you as someone who has access to significant lab equipment might volunteer to stick one into an ftir and actually answer the question which would be appreciated by many many conservators. Thanks Charles ------------------------------ Charles Phillips ...

Ghazaleh Since you may ultimately have other sub elements besides full panels I suggest you let a letter or multiple letters indicate the sub object class as a panel (pa), door (do), window (wi), cornice (co), chairrail (cr), baseboard (bb) etc. and then number the panels. Decimal points can also be ...

Jeannie I’m not entirely sure of your intent. But I think that there is a question here that is going unanswered. The classic musical instrument dilemma should it be played or just mutely observed? Are the books ever to be opened again? Is the upholstery ever to be sat upon? Are any of the leather/partially ...

Emily It sounds like you have more trouble than the use of Pan Treat which I don’t have any experience with. Your pans should have alarms that either shut down the AC or notify or both. Maintenance is ignoring their failure if you had a pan overflow. The AC industry seems to like these problems and ...