Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration

La gélatine dans les modèles Brendel : Étude et conservation-restauration de modèles pédagogiques au Botanisches Museum UZH Zurich

Gerber, Alice

Mémoire de master : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2021.

The subject of this master’s thesis is gelatin as found in Brendel's anatomical plant models. Dating from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, these three-dimensional educational models of flowers and other plants were intended to provide broad knowledge of botanical matter. Although there were numerous productions of anatomical models during the same period of time, Brendel's...

Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration

Corrosion du sertissage en plomb des vitraux : recherches autour de la dégradation de deux objets dans leur vitrine au Musuem zu Allerheiligen de Schaffhouse

Gerber, Alice

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2018.

Over the last few years, two 16th century stained glass windows, exposed at the Museum zu Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen since 2009, have been subject to corrosion on their lead cames. The corrosion products consist of white or grey efflorescence. The museum would like to gain insight on the deterioration mechanisms of both of these very different corrosion forms in order to find out whether the...