C2857 Technology and materials for conservation-restoration of furniture

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Bc. Zdeněk Holý, DiS. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Bc. Radka Kopecká, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Marie Petlachová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jiří Příhoda, CSc.
Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Supplier department: Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This subject gives complex knowledge and skill in the technology of wood treatment in the field of furniture conservation-restoration and non- polychromic wood carving.
Syllabus
  • Introduction into the problemacy of conservation-restoration
  • Brief historical evolution in restoration of furniture and wood carving
  • Legal norms in the field of restoration practice, monument care and museum management
  • Basic terminology.
  • Ethic principles in activities of a restorer
  • Restoration documentation.
  • Approach of a restorer. Determination of the damage nad state of an object in the moment of its receipt, material survey.
  • Determination of the extent of work activities - conservation, restoration, reconstruction, communication with an owner
  • Design of conservation and restoration, technology and materials.
  • Conservational intervention - specification, the purpose of an activity
  • Cleaning of a surface, drying, rehabiliotation, petrification.
  • Activities preventing further object destruction.
  • Intervention of a restorer, specification, the purpose of an activity.
  • Literature: Brachert, T.: Beiträge zur Konstruktion und Restaurierung alter Möbel. Callwey, München 1988. Kopecká, I. - Nejedlý, V.: Průzkum historických materiálů. GRADA Praha 2005. Kubička, R. - Zelinger, J.: Výkladový slovník malířství, grafika a restaurování. GRADA Praha 2004. Kučerová, I. - Šimůnková, E.: Dřevo. STOP Praha 2000. Kuriál, P.: Technologie II., učební text VOŠ. Brno 2000. Medková, E. - Bohmannová, A.: Starožitný nábytek – údržba a opravy. SNTL Praha 1985. Petr, F.: Umělecké dřevořezby a jejich restaurování. Praha 1953. Slánský, B.: Technika malby I a II. Praha 1956. Umney, N. - River, S.: Conservation of Furniture. Butterworth-Heinemann, London 2000. Zelinger, J. - Heidingsfeld, V.: Chemie v práci konzervátora a restaurátora. ACADEMIA Praha 1987. Doporučené časopisy RESTAURO Zprávy památkové péče Restaurátorské dokumentace publikované muzei, galeriemi a ústavy památkové péče.
Teaching methods
lectures, excursion into workshop
Assessment methods
colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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