Friday, January 23, 2015

Historic Lamp repair - initial pigment investigation

Sorting through paint samples
Lamp

Lamp

painting detail

fragments

comparing brown pigments

1333 red for flesh - historic pigment matches probable date of lamp but color is not red enough

Modern enamel - Burnt sienna

addition of "mahogany" looks closer - requires additional testing

1333 + Mahogany (do test)

Umber brown sepia - too warm

Test with addition of Bistre Brown