Nancy,
My institution is in the very early process of exploring this method, in
part because a curator here and myself have both used it in the past,
and believe it would be beneficial for our institutions.
There is an article that I was referred to by the Shelburne Museum, who
also uses this method and has been for some time now. Consult the
Journal of the American Institute for Conservation and look for the
article: Thomas J. Braun, "An Alternative Technique for Applying
Accession Numbers to Museum Artifacts" JAIC 46:2 (2007), pp. 91-104.
This article has information on font sizes and other relevant material.
I was exposed to this method while interning in Shelburne's collections
department and really liked this method. As you say, the numbers are
clearer, and apply much easier than the barrier/layer method. If there
isn't enough of a sealant coat, though, I found the numbers I applied
have fallen off.
Regards,
John Hart
John Hart, Jr.
Assistant Curator of Collections
New York State Historical Association and The Farmers' Museum
(607) 547-1447
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Hello--
I was at a seminar a few months ago, and one of the speakers mentioned
that their institution had switched to a new method of labeling objects.
Rather than
brushing on a barrier coat of acryloid/paraloid, hand writing a number
in ink, and finishing off with an acryloid/paraloid top coat...
They were instead laser printing very small labels in advance on very
thin paper, laying down a layer of acryloid/paraloid, adhering the label
to the acrylic, and finishing with another layer of acryloid.
The reasons given for this method were that the labels were more
legible, and that they are more reversible. They indicated that the
traditional method often proved not to be as reversible as desired,
because the ink often smeared and a white tinted base coat often did not
come off well with acetone.
Is anyone using the second method of object labeling? Any comments on
it? Are there any guidelines or articles describing the process?
Thanks,
Nancy Jenner
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