Re: Climate-control environment for paintings

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There is SO MUCH  already done on this!  Check out for instance:

JAIC 1997, Volume 36, Number 2, Article 1 (pp. 95 to 107) ... FRAME AS THE PRIMARY HOUSING LAURENT S. G. SOZZANI ABSTRACT—This article describes an economically designed microclimate vitrine for panel paintings, which can be easily produced in-house with minimal aesthetic compromise to the paintings. The design uses the picture's frame as the primary ...
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Even if not using Sozzani's specific design, the basic design factors are there.

http://aic.stanford.edu/jaic/  is the searchable online AIC Journal.

And,  wasnt  there a microclimate vitrine design in one of the  PACIN publications from late 80s/ early 90s?

Best wishes

John

John Scott
New York Conservation Foundation
www.NYCF.org