Scientific Investigation of Copies, Fakes and ForgeriesPaul Craddock The faking and forgery of works of art and antiquities is probably now more extensive than ever before. The frauds are aided by new technologies, from ink jet printers to epoxy resins, and driven by the astronomic prices realised on the global market. |
Contents
Sources motives approaches and disclosures | 1 |
Observation | 22 |
Determining composition | 40 |
4 Making a threedimensional copy | 61 |
Radiocarbon dating | 87 |
Thermoluminescence and dendrochronology | 110 |
Composition | 137 |
Metalwork and coins | 157 |
13 Paper prints and documents | 313 |
14 The patination of copper and its alloys | 349 |
15 Gold and silver | 369 |
16 Gemstones and jade | 394 |
Mainly natural | 422 |
Mainly synthetic and cloth | 447 |
19 Scientific fraud and Charles Dawson | 471 |
The problems of restoration | 497 |