Bronze powder
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Description
A fine powder of metallic alloys of Bronze (copper-zinc) or Brass (copper-tin). Bronze powder was used as a pigment in lacquers and varnishes to produce bronzing liquid or a gold tinted paint, but it is not considered permanent (Mayer 1969). The fine metal produces a dull, grainy paint that discolors with time.
Synonyms and Related Terms
bronze paint
Resources and Citations
- R. Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row, New York, 1969.
- R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966 Comment: p. 100
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 122
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000
- Website: conservation termlist at www.hants.org.uk/museums