Deformed Furniture Conservation Methods in Taiwan ---A Case Study of Japanese Colonization Dressing Table Collected from Zhou,Yi-Ji

• Main Authors: WANG,MU-YING, 王沐瀠
• Other Authors: WU,YING-JYUN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6945zw

碩士 === 國立臺南藝術大學 === 博物館學與古物維護研究所 === 102 === The Zhou Yi-Ji dressing table made in Japanese colonial period in Taiwan is valuable to be preserved, for it had not only made by Japanese manufacturing techniques, but also presented the combination of Japanese, European and Taiwanese cultural elements.The table legs at the present day, however, are seriously strained and cracked owing to disequilibrium moisture content of the wood. And the deformation produces inappropriate pressure on the table leg tenon of the cross link, and cause it detached from the upper body of the table. This study tries to find a method and an appropriate process to restore the dressing table, by reviewing foreign and Taiwanese literatures describing conservation methods of bending woods and deformed furniture. The result of the study shows the conservation could be properly achieved by adding water and heat, along with exerting enough pressure. A simulation of "foam model" should be made beforehand to find the right clamp point of the deformed position. And the restore part should be dried after the whole process in order to prevent it from deforming again. Moreover, the amount of water should be carefully controlled during the process so the test material surface would not turn darker. The limitation of the study is the above conservation method could not bring the timber back to its original condition. The advantage of the conservation method mentioned in this study, however, is that no additional materials should be added to the restore part, which is the most appropriate way to restore a timber object with the minimum intervention.