Wood, Furniture, and Lacquer Working Group
Triennial Programme 2008-2011
The ICOM-CC working group Wood, Furniture, and Lacquer will focus on the following objectives:
1. Promoting exchange of information and communication amongst people working within diverse areas of wood, furniture, and lacquer conservation and research by
• dissemination of information between the working group members via
e-mails and ICOM-CC website.
• encouraging working group members to participate in the working group
forum on the ICOM-CC website.
• encouraging interaction between other ICOM-CC working groups, particularly
with interests related to conservation of wood, furniture, and lacquer
• collaboration together with four other working groups
Textiles; Leather and Related Materials; Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration; and Mural Paintings, Mosaics, and Rock Art
in organising an Interim Meeting “Multidisciplinary Conservation: Holistic Approach for Historic Interior” in Rome, May 2010.
• organising the Wood, Furniture, and Lacquer session at the next ICOM-CC
Triennial Conference in Lisbon, 2011.
2. Promoting and encouraging research into the materials and technology, conservation of wood, furniture, and lacquer artefacts by
• publicising information, research problems and new developments in the
areas of the working group interest on the ICOM-CC working group website
• initiating and stimulating conservation research projects on varied topics,
particularly on:
- Consolidation of wooden/ and or Lacquer objects
- Brass-based overpaintings removal from gilding on wood or lacquer
- Laser cleaning of gilded wooden objects
• encouraging discussion on the working group website forum regarding current research projects and problems in the areas of the working group interest
• publishing of working group interim meeting papers and articles on the ICOM-CC working group website, such as papers from the Upholstery+ conference, Krakow, May, 2007.
3. Promoting and encouraging the highest standards of examination, documentation, and treatment of gilded/polychrome objects by
• publicising and encouraging discussion on developments in the areas of examination, documentation and treatment of wood, furniture and lacquer on the working group website forum.