Scientific investigation of copies, fakes and forgeries
- Title
- Scientific investigation of copies, fakes and forgeries / Paul Craddock.
- Published by
- Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Elsevier / Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xii, 628 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
- Subject
- Art objects > Dating
- Art > Dating
- Forgery of antiquities
- Art > Reproduction
- Art objects > Collection and preservation > Corrupt practices
- Antiquities > Dating
- Forensic sciences
- Antiquities > Collection and preservation > Corrupt practices
- Art objects > Reproduction
- Art > Forgeries
- Antiquities > Reproduction
- Art objects > Forgeries
- Investigations
- Art dealers > Corrupt practices
- Fraud in science
- Contents
- Introduction : sources, motives, approaches and disclosures -- Physical examination. 1, Observation -- Physical examination. 2, Determining composition -- Making a three-dimensional copy -- Physical dating techniques. 1, Radiocarbon dating -- Physical dating techniques. 2, Thermoluminescence and dendrochronology -- Metals. 1, Composition -- Metals. 2, Metalwork and coins -- Ceramics -- Glass and enamels -- Stone and sculpture -- Painting -- Paper, prints and documents -- The patination of copper and its alloys -- Gold and silver -- Gemstones and jade -- Organic materials : mainly natural -- Organic materials : mainly synthetic and cloth -- Scientific fraud and Charles Dawson -- Conservation and concealment : the problems of restoration.
- Call number
- JFF 15-1312
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-594) and index.
- Author
- Craddock, P. T. (Paul T.)
- Title
- Scientific investigation of copies, fakes and forgeries / Paul Craddock.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Elsevier / Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-594) and index.
- LCCN
- 2008934414
- ISBN
- 9780750642057 (hd. bd.)
- 075064205X (hd. bd.)
- Research call number
- JFF 15-1312