Hope for fate of Lismore’s flood-damaged Hannah Cabinet masterpiece | LindaMorrissmh
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Many of its moving parts and chambers, however, are swollen and remain stuck tight. Water has dissolved the glue that adheres to the veneers, and the inlays have come loose. The Jubilee, Chinoiserie and Wenge cabinets arrived in separate pieces, covered in mud and silt with mould developing, its curator Bronwyn Dunn said.
The three sister cabinets are being checked daily. As many drawers as possible have been removed and after careful documentation of their original position, the smaller components placed on tables near the parent cabinet. As the wood dries out more drawers will be able to be removed, assisting air circulation, Dunn said.
Mr Bickersteth is the president of the International Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and chief executive of International Conservation Services. Furniture with inlaid or veneered surfaces needs to be kept in places of low relative humidity as mould thrives at temperature levels between 24 and 32 degrees, and can attack silk and other cloth materials.
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