Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hannah Flock
• Petra Demuth
• Stefan Diebels
• Elisabeth Jägers
• Ian McClure
• Cynthia Schwarz
• Jim Coddington

Titel

The Thread-by-Thread Tear-Mending Method: New Insights into the Choice of Adhesives and Their Application

Ist Teil von

• Conserving Canvas, 2023, p.234

Ort / Verlag

J. Paul Getty Trust, The

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This contribution from the 2019 Conserving Canvas symposium gives insight into the selection and application of adhesives for the thread-by-thread tear-mending method to close tears and cuts in textile supports of canvas paintings. A more accurate term for this method is single-thread bonding technique.¹ The single-thread bonding technology has become well established as a minimally invasive alternative for the treatment of local damages in the canvas, in contrast to the application of patches or the lining of paintings. The aim of the method is to restore the mechanical properties and the optical appearance while preserving the inherent properties of the