Mehra’s Eight Requirements for Linings, Revisited:: Evaluation of Linings for Canvas Paintings—Then and Now

Cecil Krarup Andersen

Mehra’s Eight Requirements for Linings, Revisited: Evaluation of Linings for Canvas Paintings—Then and Now

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Abstract

In this paper, Vishwa Mehra’s eight requirements for linings—as written in a report from 1972—are reviewed in a contemporary context nearly fifty years later. Special emphasis is placed on concepts like flexibility, compatibility, and physical integrity, which are still part of conservation discussions. Some of the concepts discussed by Mehra did not have a clear definition, or his understanding of them either was not given or differed from a more contemporary understanding. This
means that his concepts can be used for many different purposes and to justify many different actions. Requirements in conservation were perhaps necessary at a time when the profession was undergoing significant change, but now requirements are generally replaced with recommendations, guidelines, or analysis of the risks involved in a considered action. A way of looking at risk analyses for structural paintings conservation is proposed as a way forward for assessing these treatments

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conserving Canvas
Editors	Cynthia Schwarz, Ian McClure, Jim Coddington
Number of pages	8
Publisher	The Getty Conservation Institute
Publication date	2023
Pages	167-174
Article number	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9781606068250
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	Conserving Canvas Symposium - Yale University, New Haven, United States Duration: 14 Oct 2019 → 17 Oct 2019 http://www.cvent.com/events/conserving-canvas-symposium/event-summary-f6e6285779154700acb000934e204055.aspx

Conference

Conference	Conserving Canvas Symposium
Location	Yale University
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Haven
Period	14/10/2019 → 17/10/2019
Internet address	http://www.cvent.com/events/conserving-canvas-symposium/event-summary-f6e6285779154700acb000934e204055.aspx

Artistic research

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https://www.getty.edu/publications/conserving-canvas/iii-open-questions/21/

1 Book chapter

An Insight into the Limits and Possibilities of the Biological, Chemical, and Mechanical Performance of GluePaste Lined Paintings
Fuster-López, L., Andersen, C. K., Bouillon, N., Frohrer, F., Rossi-Doria, M., Scharff, M., Seymour, K., Vicente-Escuder, Á., Yusà-Marco, D. J. & Vicente-Palomino, S., 2023, Conserving Canvas. The Getty Conservation Institute, p. 387-395 51
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Andersen, CK 2023, Mehra’s Eight Requirements for Linings, Revisited: Evaluation of Linings for Canvas Paintings—Then and Now. in C Schwarz, I McClure & J Coddington (eds), Conserving Canvas., 21, The Getty Conservation Institute, pp. 167-174, Conserving Canvas Symposium, New Haven, United States, 14/10/2019. <https://www.getty.edu/publications/conserving-canvas/iii-open-questions/21/>

Mehra’s Eight Requirements for Linings, Revisited: Evaluation of Linings for Canvas Paintings—Then and Now. / Andersen, Cecil Krarup.
Conserving Canvas. ed. / Cynthia Schwarz; Ian McClure; Jim Coddington. The Getty Conservation Institute, 2023. p. 167-174 21.

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