Constglass | Conservation materials for stained glass windows

"The European 3-year research project CONSTGLASS 'Conservation Materials for Stained Glass Windows -Assessment of Treatments, Studies on Reversibility, and Performance of Innovative Restoration Strategies and Products' began in 2007, with the participation of 11 partners from 7 countries.

The research activities deal with the evaluation of conservation treatments performed in the last five decades on outstanding European stained glass windows from the cathedrals of Cologne, Canterbury, Chartres, Le Mans and Bourges, complemented by studies of glass in museum and other locations. Studies document the degradation behaviour of conservation materials, in particular coatings, consolidants and adhesives as well as their impact on the works of art. Object studies and advanced analytical and imaging techniques are being integrated into a newly-developed documentation scheme. Deterioration effects are being investigated by nano-computed tomography (CT), phase-contrast CT, Raman spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy and other methods. The threat of microbial impact to glass and conservation materials is being determined. Risk assessments, reversibility and re-treatability trials investigate the future behaviour of these conservation materials. New inorganic consolidants for stabilisation of internally fractured glass or fragile glass paint are being evaluated.

The results and conclusions of the project will be presented and discussed at the upcoming conference."

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