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The Restoration of Original Paints at Otis House

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Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

Date

1971

GUSN

GUSN-169804

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Description

Standards of accuracy when dealing with the restoration of old paints are fairly low; there just hasn't been much research on the subject. Morgan Phillips and Christopher Whitney discuss how SPNEA tried to restore the original paints of the first Harrison Gray Otis House in Boston.

Details

Additional Identification Number

Article ID 185

Collection Code

SC001

Collection Name

Old-Time New England

Reference Code

SC001.1971.062.225.002

Abstract

Standards of accuracy when dealing with the restoration of old paints are fairly low; there just hasn't been much research on the subject. Morgan Phillips and Christopher Whitney discuss how SPNEA tried to restore the original paints of the first Harrison Gray Otis House in Boston.

Date Notes

Volume 62, Number 225 (Summer, 1971)

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Record Details

Originator

Morgan Phillips and Christopher Whitney (Author)

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1971). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Publisher Series

Old Time New England

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