Gesso

Does anyone have any experience with securing lifting gesso and
paint layers back onto a wooden substrate.  We have a number of
wooden masks with large (1-2cm square) areas of lifting gesso. The
gap between the lifted layer and the wood is in places as wide as
2mm making simple consolidation inappropriate.

Birgitte Speake
Head of Conservation
Pitt Rivers Museum
University of Oxford
South Parkes Road
Oxford OX1 3PP

+44 1865 281958
Fax: +44 1865 270943


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