Academic thesis
| Katrin Nawroth: | Back | |
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| Abstract: | The present thesis deals with the corrosion phenomenon on stained glass windows called Craquelé (crizzling). First of all it was tried to find out a definition for the term. An overview as well as a detailed description of characteristic phenomena was done by help of original samples from different stained glass windows. This chapter is followed by a critical discussion about the probable causes for the damages. The negative influence of very high and low relative humidity on crizzled glasses was pointed out by tests on original samples. To get an overview about present conservation methods and materials it was carried out a survey all over Europe and the USA. Different materials for the consolidation of internal fracturing by infiltration were tested in different manners. For this purposes artificially samples had to be prepared. The tests showed that some products are suitable. But for all the materials compromises have to be made, when consolidating crizzeld stained glasses. There is need for research for more effective conservation materials, especially because of the large number of stained glass windows that will have to be preserved within the next decades suffering from crizzling. |
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