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"Applied Decoration for Historic Interiors" an Historic Preservation Brief September 7, 2008


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Applied Decoration for Historic Interiors
Preserving Composition Ornament

Jonathan Thornton and William Adair, FAAR
Applied Decoration for Historic Interiors

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Introduction

De-Mystifying the Mix

Making Composition Ornament: A Process Unchanged

Molds and the Creation of Patterns

Historical Survey

Compo Deterioration and Damage

Planning for Treatment

Treating the Problem with Care

Conclusion

Selected Reading

Organizations

Acknowledgements


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Organizations

For information on conservators, contact the following organizations:

Association for Preservation Technology
4513 Lincoln Ave., Suite 213,
Lisle, IL 60532-1290

Heritage Preservation
3299 K St., NW, Ste. 403
Washington, D.C. 20007

American Institute for the
Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works

1400 16th St.
Washington, D.C. 20036


Acknowledgements

Kay Weeks, project director for this cooperatively produced Brief, is an art historian who serves as technical writer-editor in the Preservation Assistance Division. Jonathan Thornton authored the historical overview portion of the Brief and William Adair, FAAR, the planning and treatment portion. The editor and authors wish to extend their gratitude to those people who reviewed and commented on the Preservation Brief in draft form and those who provided illustrative materials. First, National Park Service staff reviewers included H. Ward Jandl, Blaine Cliver, Anne Grimmer, Chuck Fisher, Tim Buehner, Emogene Bevitt, Tom Jester, Michael Auer, and Paul Alley. Specialists in the field included Andrew Ladygo, David Flaharty, Phil Gottfredson, Mark Reinberger, and Lenna Tyler Kast. Photographs were generously donated for the Brief by Philip L. Molten, Elizabeth Brick, Robert J. Rucinski, Lenna Tyler Kast, Bryan Blundell, Thomas Brunk, Lonnie J. Hovey, AIA, Roland White, Irving Haynes & Associates, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, the Freer Gallery of Art, Winterthur Library, Decorators Supply Corporation, and Rapid Photography, Inc.

Washington, D.C. May, 1994



This publication has been prepared pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, which directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop and make available information concerning historic properties. Technical Preservation Services (TPS), Heritage Preservation Services Division, National Park Service prepares standards, guidelines, and other educational materials on responsible historic preservation treatments for a broad public.



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