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SOURCES FOR MATERIALS

Rohm and Haas, Independent Mall West, Philadelphia, Pa. 19105

EM Industries, Inc., 7 Skyline Dr., Hawthorne, N.Y. 10532, (914) 592–4660

Micro-surface Finishing Products, Inc., 1217 W. Third St. (or Box 818), Wilton, IA 52778

Milliput Corp., Unit 5, the Marion, Dolgellau, Mid Wales LL40 1UU, U.K.

Rohm and Haas, Independent Mall West, Philadelphia, Pa. 19105

Ciba-Geigy Corp., 7 Skyline Dr., Hawthorne, N.Y. 10532-2188

Laboratory supply companies

Rohm and Hass Co., Independent Mall West, Philadelphia, Pa. 19105

AUTHOR INFORMATION

MARIANNE WEBB completed her B.A. in fine art at the University of Toronto in 1976. She graduated from the Art Conservation Programme at Sir Sandford Fleming College in 1982. Since then she has been the decorative arts conservator at the Royal Ontario Museum. She specializes in organic and mixed materials with a particular interest in both oriental and European lacquer and has lectured widely on the subject. She is presently the coordinator of the ICOM Committee for Conservation Working Group on Lacquer. Address: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6.