Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration

Blued steel sheets : history, manufacturing and conservation : The case of a Ganz & Co projection and enlargement lantern conserved at the Collection Centre of the Swiss National Museum

Lefebvre, Alexandra

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

The Collections Centre of the Swiss National Museum, located in Affoltern-am-Albis, in the canton of Zurich, conserves a projection and enlargement lantern designed by a well-known local company selling projection and photography equipment. This device, dated from the early 20th century, has the particularity of having its lantern made of blued steel. This surface treatment offering both...

Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration

Les matériaux dangereux dans les objets techniques cinématographiques

Lefebvre, Alexandra

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2019.

The Research and Archiving Center of the swiss Cinematheque, located in Penthaz, preserves a collection of 3000 technical cinematic objects, dated from the eighteen century til today. The issue of this thesis deals with dangerous materials in technical cinematic objets : asbestos, mercury, polychlorinated biphenyl (BPC) and radioactivity. The use of these materials with interesting properties...