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The Paint Detective

September 8, 2010 by Vic

Inquiring readers, Patrick Baty has written a fascinating article, The Paint Detective on the methods he uses to identify and examine early paint layers.

Paint sampling, Image, Patrick Baty

These images in his account demonstrate the methods he uses to analyze the paints. First, he takes small samples, which he sets in resin and cuts through to examine under various microscopes.

Spencer House Painted Room, Gilding. Image, Patrick Baty

He carries out pigment analysis and scans the samples under the electron microscope. These actions (and more) and documentary evidence lead him to restore the colors of rooms and houses as they once were (or close to it.)

Hampton Court, Tijoy Screen, Image Patrick Baty

Click here to read his entire article.

Read Patrick’s other posts on this blog:

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on September 9, 2010 at 04:25 Tweets that mention The Paint Detective « Jane Austen's World -- Topsy.com

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on September 9, 2010 at 11:24 Tony Grant

Vic, I did a quick de ja vu on reading this article.
Hampton Court is very close to me.
Whenever friends come to stay,we always take them on a trip to Hampton Court. It kind of impresses them.
I’ve watched those very gates and the railings next to them being repainted over the last few years. Now I know who repainted them.
Thanks Vic.

Tony
on September 13, 2010 at 01:50 Magnificent Hampton Court « Jane Austen's World

[…] Reader, When I published the post about Patrick Baty’s article, The Paint Detective, Jane Austen’s World contributor, Tony Grant, did a double take. He had visited Hampton Court […]
on March 18, 2011 at 00:40 Carlton House, by Patrick Baty « Jane Austen's World

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