In the study and conservation of art and artifacts, natural organic materials are frequently encountered in components such as coatings, binders, and adhesives. Their identification is often crucial in the attempt to characterize the technologies employed by artists, understand the processes and causes of deterioration, and plan appropriate conservation treatments. Many analysis techniques are often too costly for conservation laboratories. Thin-layer chromatography can help fill the gap.

This volume consists of a handbook and protocols. The handbook serves as a primer for the basic application of thin-layer chromatography to the analysis of coatings, binders, and adhesives found on cultural objects; and the protocols provide step-by-step instructions for procedures involved in typical analyses.

Mary Striegel is a materials scientist at the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Jo Hill is a conservator for the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Related Getty Conservation Institute projects: Binding Media

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Series: Tools for Conservation