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Regine Niethammer: A Necessaire with cut steel decoration from the 1. half of the 19th century in property of Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten (Vermögen und Bau Baden Württemberg) Back
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Abstract: The diploma thesis investigates a “necessaire“ of a lady from the property of the margrave´s family of Baden. The veneered box contains implements for writing and sewing made out of steel, glass, porcelain, paper, wood and ivory. It is characterized by the so-called cut steel, a decoration method of facetted and polished steel nails, which are set next to one another. The motto “Le sentiment en fait le Prix” (Engl.: “The sentiment determines the value”) is situated on top of the “necessaire”.
The thesis contemplates the art historical and cultural background of the “necessaire” and its contained objects.
A further principal item of the paper is the documentation of the examination methods applied for determining the technology and condition of the “necessaire” and the related materials. A main focus lies in the examination of the cut steel - jewel production, as it is not often dealt with in literature.
A specific concept of conservation and restauration and its application is documented which takes into account the versatile combination of materials.

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Keywords: cut steel
Details:
  • academic institution: HAWK Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildesheim/ Holzminden/Göttingen
  • kind of theses:  Diplomarbeit
  • main Tutor:  Prof. Dr. Gerdi Maierbacher-Legl
  • assistant Tutor:  Dipl.-Rest. Sabine Hartung
  • date:  2008
  • Language:  German
  • pages:  136
  • pictures:  122
 
Contact:
 
Regine Niethammer
RNiethammer@[Diesen Teil loeschen]gmx.net

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