Architectural Finishes

This subject is not offered in 2012.

120 hours

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The investigation and conservation of painted, stencilled, grained, gilded and papered surfaces and other decorative building elements.

To impart skills in the documentary investigation of finishes, the use of the microscope in investigating paint colours, the sampling and identification of wallpapers, and related matters.

Four practical, laboratory or documentary exercises which will take place during the intensive teaching period culminating in written reports of 1500 words or equivalent, each 25%.

Miles Lewis & Alison Blake, Exterior Paint Colours, Melbourne, 1983.
C.C. Oman & Jean Hamilton, Wallpapers: A History, London, 1982.
Phyllis Murphy, Decorating with Wallpaper c.1840-1914, Melbourne, 1987.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• the use of the microscope in paint investigation;
• the sampling of wallpapers;
• the use of documentary sources on decoration