Metal plating and patination : cultural, technical, and historical developments
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 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
1 online resource (x, 305 pages) : illustrations (some color)
9780750616119, 9781483292069, 0750616113, 1483292061
755099996
Artificial patination / Richard Hughes
Multi-coloured antique bronze statues / Hermann Born
Beauty is skin deep: evidence for the original appearance of classical statuary / Paul Craddock, Alessandra Giumlia-Mair
Aesthetic and technical considerations regarding the colour and texture of ancient goldwork / Jack Ogden
Studies of ancient Chinese mirrors and other bronze artefacts / Zhu Shoukang, He Tangkun
Patination phenomena on Roman and Chinese high-tin bronze mirrors and other artefacts / Nigel Meeks
Japanese traditional alloys / Ryu Murakami
Why shakudo? / Victor Harris
Hsmn-Km, Corinthian bronze, shakudo: black patinated bronze in the ancient world / Paul Craddock, Alessandra Giumlia-Mair
Wu tong, a neglected Chinese decorative technology / Michael Wayman, Paul Craddock
Bidri ware of India / Susan Stronge
Special finishes on non-ferrous materials at the National Maritime Museum / Laurence Birnie
The patination of iron by bower-barffing / Martha Goodway
Oxidized silver in the 19th century: the documentrary evidence / Judy Rudoe
Gilding of metal in the Old World / Andrew Oddy
Techniques of gilding and surface enrichment in pre-Hispanic American metallurgy / Warwick Bray
A study of the gilding of Chinese Buddhist bronzes / Paul Jett
Silvering / Susan La Niece
Silver planting in the 18th century / Eric Turner
Roman techniques of manufacturing silver-plated coins / Ulrich Zwicker, Andrew Oddy, Susan La Niece
Surface characterization of tinned bronze, high-tin bronze, tinned iron and arsenical bronze / Nigel Meeks
Copper plating on iron / Michael Corfield
The history of electroplating / Christoph Raub
Modern electroplating and electrofinishing techniques / Robert Child
Cover title: Metal plating & patination
English