A project of the Research into Practice Initiative

Recent Advances in Characterizing Asian Lacquer aims to disseminate new procedures developed by the GCI for acquiring detailed compositional information about lacquered objects, with the aim of improving the characterization, understanding and preservation of this material. Read More

Workshop 2013

Yale Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Orange, CT

Characterization of Asian and European Lacquers

Developing a comprehensive analytical method to identify organic materials

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