You might also care to look at our website - we have an on-line
factsheet about marking and labelling:-

http://www.open.gov.uk/mdocassn/labels.htm

We also do a video, but is in a European only format at the moment,
though if people are interested we might be able to do a conversion and
make copies available for sale ...

David

In article <l03010d04af7e9b9cccfa@[166.84.195.200]>, Suzanne Quigley
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>I wouldn't use it, without a conservators blessing, but a white band
>painted on a bronze might be aesthetically inappropriate.  A similar sized
>band of clear soluvar (synthetic varnish) with a number painted discretely
>in red acrylic paint and then covered with another layer of clear soluvar
>would be preferrable in that it is certainly reversable without damage to
>the bronze (using the appropriate solvent) and it does not draw much
>attention to itself.
>
>I would suggest further that the workshop on number marking (Friday at
>AAM), will be the definitive workshop on the subject.
>
>
>Suzanne
>
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>Head Registrar, Collections and Exhibitions
>Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
>1071 Fifth Avenue
>New York, NY 10128
>212 423 3568
>fax: 212 423 3650
>email: [log in to unmask]

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