Comprehensive Multi-Analytical Investigations on the Vietnamese lacquered Wall-Panel "The Return of the Hunters" by Jean Dunand.

ABSTRACT: This work presents a comprehensive, multi-analytical scientific approach for determining the type of lacquer and artistic materials used by Jean Dunand on his work "The Return of the Hunters" (1935). For this purpose, thermally assisted hydrolysis and methylation - gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (THM-GC/MS), optical microscopy (OM) in visible (Vis) and ultraviolet light (UV), and scanning electron microscopy - energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) were selected. Furthermore, a novel application of micro attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (µATR-FTIR) spectroscopic mapping by univariate and multivariate analysis was applied for studying the complex lacquer paint stratigraphy. The results show that Vietnamese lacquer was used as a binder, mixed together with

SUBMITTER: Pintus V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6906402 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature