- Turner , J. M.W. The Sun is God’, Tate Liverpool, 23 Jun-01 Oct 2000 Tate Britain is the national gallery of British art from 1500 to the present day. The entire Tate collection is held in five sites, three in London (including Tate Britain), Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives
- The term glazing is used to describe the rigid transparent layer of glass or plastic which is fitted in a picture frame and lies between the viewer and the art object
- Ellis , M. H. 1994 . “ ‘Glass or plastic? Glazing options for framing prints and drawings ” . In Museum Management and Curatorship 13.3 – 15 . 1;Canadian Conservation Institute, Glazing Materials for Framing Works on Paper, CCI Notes 11/3 (Ottawa: Canadian Conservation Institute, 1996); Sanders, D. and A. Reeve, ‘Protective glass for paintings’, National Gallery Technical Bulletin 15 (1994): 98–103
- To estimate the weight of glass: Weight = 2.5kg per square metre per mm thickness. Therefore the weight of a 4mm-thick sheet of glass measuring 1m2 is estimated to be: 2.5kg × 1 × 4 = 10kg
- Ordinary float glass, or soda lime float glass, is the most commonly available glass and is composed of silica, sodium oxide (soda) and calcium oxide (lime). It has smooth, parallel surfaces and is available in a wide range of thicknesses
- Thomson , G. 1986 . The Museum Environment, , 2nd ed. 16 – 22 . London : Butterworths .
- Bass , L. 2002 . Conservation Department, The Baltimore Museum of Art, personal communication, May
- Harding , E. , Braham , A. , Wyld , M. and Burnstock , A. 1989 . ‘The restoration of the Leonardo cartoon’ . National Gallery Technical Bulletin , 13 : 5 – 21 .
- Parsons , Kate . 2002 . Registrar, Tate, personal communication, Apr
- Hackney , S. and Green , T. 1994 . ‘Report on casing and glazing testing’, unpublished research report, Tate
- External sizes of standard frames used in tests were: Historic oak frames: half royal 310 × 437 × 25mm; imperial 550 × 725 × 25mm; A0 898 × 1245 × 30mm. Modem maple frames: A2 455 × 630 × 30m
- Hackney , S. , Green , T. and Freemantle , R. ‘Flexibility and impact testing of glass and standard frames for works on paper’, unpublished research report, Tate, May 2002 A formal presentation of these test results and further investigation of earlier research is currently in the course of preparation for publication
- Hackney and Green . ‘Report’
- Norville Day , H. , Townsend , J. and Green , T. 1993 . ‘Degas pastels: Problems with transport and examination and analysis of materials’ . The Conservator , 17 : 49
- Perry , R. 1996 . unpublished notes on glazing paintings and taping glass, Tate, Jul
- Booth , P. 1996 . ‘The Tate's approach to conservation framing’ . The Picture Restorer , 10 : 18 – 19 . Hackney, S., ‘Framing for conservation at the Tate Gallery’, The Conservator 14 (1990): 44–52
- 2001 . Tate Case Specifications, unpublished documents, Tate, updated
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