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The contributions contained in Heritage Wood highlight novel solutions for the treatment and assessment of wood in its many forms, ranging from historical paintings, to ceiling decorations, from Syrian rooms to ancient Egyptian coffins. Technical studies of painted works are presented together with research on new methods for their monitoring and analysis. The book covers consolidation and impregnation, structural support, conservation materials, techniques, advanced documentation and analysis, as well as conservation and assessment of archeological wood. Another focus is the conservation of wood in its different contexts and the detection of biological decay using acoustics, laser scanning and x-ray technologies.
These peer-reviewed contributions there presented at the conference "Heritage Wood: Research & Conservation in the 21st Century", the first joint meeting of three groups of the International Council of Museums – Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC): the Wood, Furniture, & Lacquer; Scientific Research; and Sculpture, Polychromy, & Architectural Decoration Working Groups.
- Protection of painted wood on selected wooden churches of the Malopolska Region in Poland
- Research on the effectiveness of materials and methods used for strengthening historical wood
- Portrait of Ladislaus II Jagiello, King of Poland - Environmental Impact on the Condition of Panel Painting. Research and Conservation
- One particular case of panel painting from The Eremitani Museum and solutions for its conservation
- Seated Virgin Mary by the Master of the Kefermarkt Altarpiece. Specification of the sculpture's monochrome surface treatment, known as Holzsichtigkeit
- Investigating miniature masterpieces: The technical study of boxwood prayer beads in the Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
- Wood in the architecture of Nepal: Research on objects from The Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw
- Wisteria - The Conservation of an Art Nouveau Dining Room
- A Closer Look at Roentgen's Techniques through the Lens of an Oval Writing Table
- The ongoing treatment of six panel paintings by Hans Suss von Kulmbach (1480/85-1522) from St. Mary's basilica in Krakow
- High-resolution digital radiography for monitoring wood impregnation treatments
- Plywood as a support for a painting - discussion of problematic issues
- 100 Years of Open Display: Treatment of Totem Poles at the American Museum of Natural History
- The structural conservation of panel paintings. Some methods for treating, consolidating and strengthening wood panels
- A polychrome wooden interior from Damascus: a multi-method approach for the identification of manufacturing techniques, materials and art historical background
- Electro-acoustic method for the detection of wood destroying insects in cultural heritage objects
- Characterisation of archaeological waterlogged wood from Herculaneum by pyrolysis-gas chromatography mass spectrometry
- The influence of Paraloid (R) B-72 as a consolidant on the compressive strength of lime wood (Tilia cordata), damaged by Coniphora puteana fungi
- WoodCultHer documentation 2.0: the use of mobile devices and a 3D scanning system for condition reports
- Research on the technology behind the support structure of two Catalan Romanesque altar frontals
- Conservation and technological research of the sculpture Christ on a donkey, 1493-94, from the workshop of Michel and Gregor Erhart
- X-ray Dual Source Computed Tomography as a modern tool the investigations of wooden objects
- Treatment and Conservation of a Polychrome Egyptian Wooden Sculpture: A Case Study
- The wooden lacunar ceiling of the Oratorio della Buona Morte in Ferrara: investigations on features and failures for conservation treatment
- The structural treatment of the panel painting Jupiter and Juno take Possession of the Throne of Heaven attributed to the school of Giulio Romano - results of a Getty Panel Painting Initiative postgraduate training
- Historic Asian interiors and decorative mobiliar in European noble houses: Scientific investigations and restoration of Asian lacquer works
- Historic `ajami interiors in Syrian residences of the 18th & 19th centuries: research and conservation
- Fit for a king: conservation and reconstruction of the ancient wooden furniture from Gordion, Turkey
- Acoustic emission as a new tool for the assessment of microclimate instability impact on wooden art objects
- Hazards to heritage wooden objects caused by solvents of resins used during reinforcing impregnation treatments
- Multi-disciplinary approach to the identification of authorship of the Last Judgement triptych from the National Museum in Gdansk attributed to Hans Memling
- The influence of cradles and environmental conditions of storage on the deformation and condition of selected panel paintings from the National Museum in Warsaw
- The Museum Study of the Climate4Wood research project
- The use of copper green oil paint in the interiors of the Eidsvoll manor house in Norway: analysis of a discoloured architectural paint from 1814
- New consolidants for the conservation of archeological wood
- Interdisciplinary Approach and Advanced Digital Analysis Used in the Conservation of the Panel Painting Christ Blessing the Children by Lucas Cranach the Elder
- A study of the restoration problems of Taiwan's traditional temples: the case of Tainan Xingjigo temple's door-gods polychrome
- Analysis and documentation of historic wood with the use of laser scanning technology
Dr Austin Nevin is coordinator of the ICOM-CC Scientific Research Working Group, member of the National Research Council Italy and researcher at Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, Rome, Italy.
Dr Malgorzata Sawicki is coordinator of the ICOM-CC Wood, Furniture, & Lacquer Working Group and Head of Frames Conservation, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Kate Seymour is coordinator of the ICOM-CC Sculpture, Polychromy, & Architectural Decoration Working Group and member of the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
