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Historical Archive: Stucco, Mortar, Plaster, Cement, and molded Wax


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ornaments from a nymphaeum, glass/shells/stucco, 1st c., ANAM, which have their own page
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wax mask: Osiris corn mummy, earth/cereals/linen/wood/wax/gold, 1st-2nd c. CE, Bologna EG/KS 342, which has its own page
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death mask of an infant, mortar, from a 3rd c. sarcophagus, Paris, Musée Carnavalet Paris AP 75
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death mask of an infant: modern plaster impression, Musée Carnavalet Paris
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Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, c.451-73. This work has its own pages.
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wings, Persian inscription: Sasanian stucco, 6th c., Met 32.150.48. For other views see Met.
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sarcophagus end, plaster, 7th c., Chelles
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sarcophagus end, plaster, 7th c., Chelles
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sarcophagus panel, plaster, 7th c., MAHSD
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Molded stucco plaque with senmurv. Chal Tarkhan, Iran, late 7th-early 8th c., BM 1973,0725.1
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Carolingian portal relief, stucco, in Hildesheim Cathedral, which has its own interior page
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bust from San Salvatore crypt, early 9th c., stucco, Brescia Museum of Santa Giulia
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bust from San Salvatore crypt, early 9th c., stucco, Brescia Museum of Santa Giulia
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Virgin and Child, painted stucco, Brescia Museum of Santa Giulia S339
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Virgin and Child, painted stucco, Brescia Museum of Santa Giulia S339
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wax head fr. Basel Antependium, Raphael, c.1019, BNM MA 289, which has its own page
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stucco on arch soffits before 1186, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages
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capitals, stucco Beatitudes and saints, 1186, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages
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stucco choir screen c.1193, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages
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gilded and painted stucco, socle zone, Karlstejn Castle, Chapel of the Holy Cross c.1360-65, which has its own page with details
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early 18th c. stucco retable, altar of St. Sebastian, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with additional views
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Chartres cathedral, Marble/stucco cladding Victor Louis 1767-88. For more views see Chartres.
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Louis Comfort Tiffany, Peacock Mosaic from Henry O. Havemeyer House, New York, Favrile glass, ceramic, and plaster 1890-91, UMMA 1986.146.9. Additional views and other parts from this building have their own page.
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some plaster baldachins, 1935/36, Naumburg cathedral west choir, which has its own page
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cement: National Library of Kosovo, Pristina, Andrija Mutnjaković 1974-86, which has its own page