Industrial Heritage in the Museum of the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre of Madrid. Its conservation
Keywords:
pátina, máquina, repolicromados, restauración, conservaciónAbstract
Conclusions obtained and treatments carried out at the end of the conservation-restoration work carried out on three representative machines exhibited in the Museum of the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre in Madrid. It is the Self-cleaning intaglio printing machine, Hoe brand, flat Minerva typeface printing press with manual feed and a Guilloche machine for engraving borders. The decision-making and conclusions obtained have been agreed at all times with the Museum’s
Conservation Department. The preliminary studies have been carried out to determine the nature of each material. The decision-making and conclusions obtained have been agreed all the time with the Museum’s Conservation Department.
Explanation of the different materials that compose them, treatment, and difficulties encountered when working.
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