The Problem of the Conservation of the Paintings on the Silk - Lining paper

Park, Chi sun

Journal of the Korean society of Conservation Science for Cultural Heritage 1996;5(2):57-64.
Published online December 25, 1996.

絹本繪畵 보존수리에 있어서의 문제점 - 배접지

박지선

The Problem of the Conservation of the Paintings on the Silk - Lining paper

Chi sun Park

ABSTRACT

Korean Paintings have been drawn on in the main two types of support material - paper and silk. In these things, silk designates picture silk, that of a specially weaved textile for painting since CHO-SUN dynasty, different such as hemp, ramie have been started to use for support material In addition to picture silk. However the structure of hemp and ramie are so close and progue, They are not proper to express the technique of pigments on the back of the paintings. On the other hand, picture silk is efficacious in pigments on the back of the painting with its interval between the strands and translucent textile. As the result, paintings on the silk has many - sided techniques as compared with painting on the papers therfore various devices in conservation have to be considered to deal with the techniques. In this report the focus is on classifying the method of removing the Lining paper according to the several types of expression technique of paintings on the silk.