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Egypt
DOI Artikel:Medeksza, Stanisław: Marina el-Alamein: conservation work, 1999
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41274#0056
MARINA EL-ALAMEIN
EGYPT
the stone together with the plaster ground.
Following desalination of the bottom sur-
face, it was reinforced with Primal-coated
plaster and layers of gauze and canvas.
There followed a chalk adhesive ground
laid under a polystyrol screen and layers
of gauze and canvas, impregnated with
natural resin (shellac) with sand imbed-
ded in it. On top of this there came a layer
of artificial glass fiber and, finally, a thick
cardboard substructure. The final step
was a color-merging of the composition
after the surface protection had been
removed. The painting is now fitted on
panels in readiness for display in the
future site museum.
The other discovered mural6) was found
to be in very poor condition with the colors
dimmed and faded, highly friable with
many air bubbles causing the painted layer
to foliate (practically 90% of the surface).
Desalination will have to be continued. At
present, the surface of the painting was
cleaned with a dry brush and the many sep-
arate fragments fitted together. The upper
plaster layers and the painted layer were
reinforced. Since a part of this mural is pre-
served on a stone, an artificial stone slab with
steel rods was prepared to integrate the
smaller preserved pieces. The painting was
left in storage at the site until the next sea-
son when its conservation will be completed.
Fig. 7. House H 10. Axonometric view after restoration. View from the southeast
(Drawing R. Czerner)
6> Work on the mural from room 5S was carried out by Maigorzata Ujma.
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EGYPT
the stone together with the plaster ground.
Following desalination of the bottom sur-
face, it was reinforced with Primal-coated
plaster and layers of gauze and canvas.
There followed a chalk adhesive ground
laid under a polystyrol screen and layers
of gauze and canvas, impregnated with
natural resin (shellac) with sand imbed-
ded in it. On top of this there came a layer
of artificial glass fiber and, finally, a thick
cardboard substructure. The final step
was a color-merging of the composition
after the surface protection had been
removed. The painting is now fitted on
panels in readiness for display in the
future site museum.
The other discovered mural6) was found
to be in very poor condition with the colors
dimmed and faded, highly friable with
many air bubbles causing the painted layer
to foliate (practically 90% of the surface).
Desalination will have to be continued. At
present, the surface of the painting was
cleaned with a dry brush and the many sep-
arate fragments fitted together. The upper
plaster layers and the painted layer were
reinforced. Since a part of this mural is pre-
served on a stone, an artificial stone slab with
steel rods was prepared to integrate the
smaller preserved pieces. The painting was
left in storage at the site until the next sea-
son when its conservation will be completed.
Fig. 7. House H 10. Axonometric view after restoration. View from the southeast
(Drawing R. Czerner)
6> Work on the mural from room 5S was carried out by Maigorzata Ujma.
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