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![The Painter, Gilder and Varnisher's Companion](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/981459e1-ed1d-48fc-9341-a5c400c13657/The%20Painter,%20Gilder%20and%20Varnisher's%20Companion.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
The Painter, Gilder and Varnisher's Companion
Information on everything related to the art of decorative painting.
![Research Report: The dendrochronology and art history of sample of 16th and 17th century painted ceilings](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/c0c0bc35-ccc9-42a5-b0bc-a73600c8539b/Dendro%20report%20March%202017.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Painted ceilings from 16th and 17th century properties
A technical paper commissioned in collaboration with AOC Archaeology providing information on a collection of painted ceilings from 16th and 17th century properties.
![A Grammar of Colouring](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/28709fac-bc22-432c-9b18-a5ad00c33aad/A%20Grammar%20of%20Colouring.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
A Grammar of Colouring
A compilation of the 1800s chemist, George Field, intended to give decorative artists information on the origin, composition and properties of various pigments, dyes and paints.
![The Laws of Harmonious Colouring Adapted to Interior Decorations](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/c30ac366-ec12-4750-8c24-a5c400bc6695/The%20Laws%20of%20Harmonious%20Colouring%20Adapted%20to%20Interior%20Decorations.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
The Laws of Harmonious Colouring Adapted to Interior Decorations
A treatise on interior and ornamental painting, written for the artist.
![Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/6275bfcf-40cf-47b2-81f8-a59400e211fc/technicalpaper6.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Technical Paper 06
Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings
A scoping study on indoor air quality and efficiency in traditional buildings.
Technical Paper 30
Historic Literature Review of Traditional Lime Mortars
This Technical Paper is a review of historic literature relating to lime mortars, focusing on historic texts from 160BC - 1955
Guide to Energy Retrofit of Traditional Buildings
This guide looks into the thermal retrofit of traditional buildings to improve their energy performance, through a range of fabric improvements measures to different elements of a structure.