Nicola Macdonald | Colonial Williamsburg Foundation - Material Analytics Laboratory

Creating an elemental image map in SEM-EDS of a cross-section in from a gilded Chinoiserie-style cornice fragment from the Lenyg
Creating an elemental image map in SEM-EDS of a cross-section in from a gilded Chinoiserie-style cornice fragment from the Lenygon Collection.
Cross-section in 200x magnification in visible light (left) and UV light (right) from the Bray School containing the earliest gr
Cross-section in 200x magnification in visible light (left) and UV light (right) from the Bray School containing the earliest green paint layer.
XRF spectra from block-printed wallpaper fragment from the Miles Brewton House.
XRF spectra from block-printed wallpaper fragment from the Miles Brewton House.
Looking at a cross-section from the Bray School under the microscope.
Looking at a cross-section from the Bray School under the microscope.
Detail of early pigment particles found in the early green paint layer found in the Bray School, (plane-polarized light, 400x ma
Detail of early pigment particles found in the early green paint layer found in the Bray School, (plane-polarized light, 400x magnification).
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Creating an elemental image map in SEM-EDS of a cross-section in from a gilded Chinoiserie-style cornice fragment from the Lenygon Collection.

Cross-section in 200x magnification in visible light (left) and UV light (right) from the Bray School containing the earliest green paint layer.

XRF spectra from block-printed wallpaper fragment from the Miles Brewton House.

Looking at a cross-section from the Bray School under the microscope.

Detail of early pigment particles found in the early green paint layer found in the Bray School, (plane-polarized light, 400x magnification).