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Author Craddock, P. T. (Paul T.)

Title Scientific investigation of copies, fakes and forgeries / Paul Craddock.

Publication Info. Oxford, UK : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009.

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xii, 628 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: sources, motives, approaches and disclosures -- Physical examination I: observation -- Physical examination II: determining composition -- Making a three-dimensional copy -- Physical dating techniques I: radiocarbon dating -- Physical dating techniques II: thermoluminescence and dendrochronology -- Metals I: composition -- Metals II: metalwork and coins -- Ceramics -- Glass and enamels -- Stone and sculpture -- Painting -- Paper, prints and documents -- The patination of copper and its alloys -- Gold and silver -- Gemstones and jade -- Organic materials: mainly natural -- Organic materials: mainly synthetic and cloth -- Scientific fraud and Charles Dawson -- Conservation and concealment: the problems of restoration.
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Subject Art -- Forgeries.
Art -- Forgeries.
Forgery of antiquities.
Forgery of antiquities.
Criminal investigation.
Criminal investigation.
Forensic sciences.
Forensic sciences.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Craddock, P.T. (Paul T.). Scientific investigation of copies, fakes and forgeries. 1st ed. Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Elsevier / Butterworth-Heinemann, ©2009 9780750642057 075064205X (OCoLC)127107601
ISBN 0080939007 (electronic book)
9780080939001 (electronic book)
075064205X (Cloth)
9780750642057 (cased)