Museum Furniture

  Varnish: is coating consisting of resinous matter, as copal (tree secretion) or lac (insect resin secreted by the lac bug),
dissolved in an oil, alcohol, or other volatile liquid.
 
  Wax: Good wax contain carnauba and beeswax, a solvent, and some have pigments to add a color. Some have silicone to add a shine.
 
  Lacquer: is a coating based on cellulose nitrate (nitrocellulose) with resins, sometimes with pigment added, used to produce an ultra matte to highly polished surface.
 
  Gilding: The Application of gold leaf. Water gilding or raised gilding embraces the operations by which gold leaf (0.1µm)
is mechanically attached to the surfaces it is intended to cover. Mostly the surface is prepared with a layer of
gesso (plaster, glue and a few aditifs). Gilding will normally have a cover to serve as protection.
                   

Museum Furniture

 

               
 
Tudor

William & Mary

Queen Anne

Georgian

George I

George II

George III

Chippendale

Adam

  Hepplewhite

Sheraton

Regency

Louis XIV

Louis XV

Louis XVI

Empire

Napoleon III

Victorian

  Venetian

Italian

Spanish

Dutch

Chinas

Arabesque

Welsh

Irish

Colonial

  Swedish

Mongolian

Mission

Jugendstil

Biedermeier

Shaker

Art Deco

Bauhaus

Flemish

  Cottage beds

Cottage chair, table

Cottage dresser, chest

Clocks

Children walking aid

Curiosities

Rermarkable famous beds

Rermarkable famous chairs

  Wood Varnish Wax Lacquer    Gilding Certosina  
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