The Other Preservation Characteristics Authority List provides data values for the Other Preservation Characteristics element.
Artifact: Copper alloy
scope note: Alloy in which copper is the principle element.
source: The J. Paul Getty Trust's Art and Architecture Thesaurus© (AAT) Online
Artifact: Inlay
scope note: Any process by which small pieces of one material are inserted into a larger piece of another so as to create a design.
source: The J. Paul Getty Trust's Art and Architecture Thesaurus© (AAT) Online
Artifact: Iron
scope note: Pure metallic element having symbol Fe and atomic number 26; metallic iron is silvery in color, lustrous, soft, ductile, malleable, and slightly magnetic; it rusts when exposed to moist air. It is rarely found as a native metal (telluric iron) except in meteorites (meteoric iron). Iron is most often found throughout the world as iron oxides (hematite, magnetite, limonite, and siderite) mixed with other ores.
source: The J. Paul Getty Trust's Art and Architecture Thesaurus© (AAT) Online
Artifact: Painted surfaces
scope note: The art and practice of applying pigments suspended in water, oil, egg yolk, molten wax, or other liquid to a surface to create an expressive or communicative image or the application of paint to a surface primarily for protection or to apply a general color.
source: The J. Paul Getty Trust's Art and Architecture Thesaurus© (AAT) Online
Artifact: Silver
scope note: Pure metallic element having symbol Ag and atomic number 47; a malleable, ductile, white metal with characteristic sheen, considered a precious metal. Silver is widely distributed throughout the world, occurring rarely as metallic silver (in Peru, Norway) but more often as silver-gold alloys and silver ore. Today silver is obtained as a byproduct in the refinement of gold, lead, copper, or zinc ores. Silver was smelted from the ore galena as early as 3800 BCE. As a pure metal, silver is second to gold in malleability and ductility, can be polished to a highly reflective surface, and used -- typically in an alloy -- in jewelry, coinage, photography, mirrors, electrical contacts, and tableware.
source: The J. Paul Getty Trust's Art and Architecture Thesaurus© (AAT) Online
Fasteners/records adhered together
scope note: Materials consisting of separate parts that have been fastened or held together by a device, adhesive, or other physical or chemical force.
source: The J. Paul Getty Trust's Art and Architecture Thesaurus© (AAT) Online
Folded
scope note: Something that has been bent over upon itself, such as cloth or paper.
source: The J. Paul Getty Trust's Art and Architecture Thesaurus© (AAT) Online
Framed
scope note: An item that has been provided with a border or case to surround, support, enclose, or call attention it as a work of art, mirror, or document, leaving the item itself visible.
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Microform: Negative
scope note: An image on a microform in which the tones are reversed.
source: A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology Online (SAA)
Microform: Orientation unknown
Microform: Other
Microform: Positive
scope note: An image on a microform in which the tones match those in the original.
source: A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology Online (SAA)
Motion Picture Films: Tinted
scope note: Black and white film print colored (tinted) by dyeing the film base or the gelatin with dye.
source: Restoration of Motion Picture Film by Paul Read & Mark-Paul Meyer ©Caleidoscope 2000
Motion Picture Films: Toned
scope note: Converting some or all of the silver in a black-and-white image using inorganic salts or mordant dyes, and usually altering the overall tone of the image.
source: The J. Paul Getty Trust's Art and Architecture Thesaurus© (AAT) Online
Mounted
scope note: Attached to a secondary support; as in attaching a paper artifact to a stiff board, sometimes preparatory to matting.
source: The J. Paul Getty Trust's Art and Architecture Thesaurus© (AAT) Online
Oversized
scope note: Larger than normal.
source: A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology Online (SAA)
Rolled
scope note: Wound into a cylinder.
source: A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology Online (SAA)