Section: 8 | Natural resins (NR) | Page: 386 |
IRUG filename: INR00386 | Data type: Infrared | IRUG material class: Natural resins (NR) |
Sample type: Reference material | Common name(s): Shellac, bleached w/ some terpenes [eucalyptol (1,8-cineole), camphor, borneol] | Trade name(s): Soehnée Frères Retouching Varnish |
Chemical/botanical name(s): Laccifer lacca Kerr. | CAS name: Shellac | Sample source 1: Soehnée Frères |
Source location 1: Paris, France | Sample identifier 1: Soehnée Frères Retouching Varnish | Sample source 2: Florence Griswold Museum |
Source location 2: 96 Lyme St, Old Lyme, CT 06371, US | Color: Amber, light | Age: Between 1900 and 1920, manufactured |
Application: MFTIR (Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy) | Mode: Tran | Literature Reference: Sutherland, K., and J.C. Del Río. “Characterisation and Discrimination of Various Types of Lac Resin Using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Techniques with Quaternary Ammonium Reagents.” J. Chromatogr. A, vol. 1338, 2014, pp. 149–163. |
Originating institution name: Philadelphia Museum of Art | Originating institution acronym: PMA | CAS registry no: 9000-59-3 |
Other analytical methods: Py GC-MS (pyrolysis gas chromatography - mass spectrometry), EDS (energy dispersive spectroscopy) |