At the National Gallery, we record frames as separate objects, linked to paintings as current or previous framing. Glazing information is added to the frame record, using a context authority (‘Glazing’) and a context date (‘Glazing Date’) field. Further information is included in a short text field (‘Frame allocation notes’). Terms for the ‘Glazing’ field are:

display case
glazed, material unspecified
integral frame
laminated glass
LRLG 4.4 mm
LRLG 6.4 mm
Optium acrylic
Optium acrylic 4.5 mm
Optium acrylic 6 mm
Perspex
plate glass
shadow box
unglazed
unglazed, glass in store
unlaminated glass

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Hello all,

I’m trying to establish a process for documenting the glazing of our framed works in TMS and am curious how others have approached. Currently we use a mix of Text Entries, Handling Notes, and the Storage Comments field…

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Best,
Meredith

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