Clothed wax effigies: construction materials, challenges and suggestions for preventive conservation

Wax effigies, fully dressed life-size models of human figures, have been constructed since the medieval times. The construction materials of historical effigies differ to the contemporary ones, yet the construction process of the wax parts has more or less remained unchanged over the centuries. This...

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Main Author: Karydis, Christos (author)
Other Authors: Kyriazi, Evangelia (author), Staka, Christina-Alkisti (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.14568/cp2020006
Country:Portugal
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