Date of Award
8-2022
Access Control
Open Access
Degree Name
Art Conservation, M.A., C.A.S.
Department
Art Conservation Department
Advisor
Theresa J. Smith
Advisor
Anne Hillam
Department Home page
https://artconservation.buffalostate.edu/
First Reader
Jiuan Jiuan Chen
Second Reader
Dr. Rebecca Ploeger
Third Reader
Dr. Glennis Rayermann
Fourth Reader
Todd Pattison
Fifth Reader
Dawn Mankowski
Abstract
Ten cloth covered edition bindings, produced in America between 1850 and 1869 and found in the Buffalo State Conservation Department, were selected for comparative study. A history of bookbinding practices in industrialized American binderies of the 19th century is presented. The books were examined for evidence of machine manufacture. Study of the book structures was enhanced with raking illumination photography, reflectance transformation imaging (RTI), and X-radiography. Elemental analysis of colorants in bookcloths was done with X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF). Fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) and multi-spectral imaging (MSI) were explored as methods for differentiating dyed textile covers. Information gained from the comparative study of the bindings informed a stabilization treatment of The Silver Sunbeam, a photography manual published in 1864.
Recommended Citation
Guerard, Emma. 2021. Comparative Study of American Cloth Covered Bindings 1850–1869 and Treatment of The Silver Sunbeam (1864). Master's project, SUNY Buffalo State College, Buffalo.
