Brick[45]
- Handmade Brick[1]
- Hard Tan Brick[8]
- Machine Made Brick[10]
- Soft Red Brick[8]
- Tile[1]
Concrete[26]
- Asbestos Cement Shingle[1]
- Cast Stone[3]
Earth[22]
Finishes[32]
- Brushes[0]
- Fresco[0]
- Gilding[2]
- Glazes[0]
- Oil on Plaster[0]
- Paints[0]
  - Distemper[0]
  - Mineral paint[0]
  - Oil-based Paints[0]
  - Varnish[0]
- Varnishes[0]
- Wallpaper[1]
  - Lincrusta[0]
Metals[2]
- Aluminum[0]
- Copper[0]
- Steel[0]
Mortars[107]
- Bedding[3]
- Cement[1]
- Earthen-based[0]
- Lime-based[0]
- Pointing[13]
- Repointing[0]
- Setting[2]
Mosaics[5]
Plasters[133]
- Earthen Plaster[0]
- Finish Coat[15]
- Scagliola[1]
- Scratch Coat[1]
- Stucco[38]
Stone[194]
- Igneous[3]
  - Basalt[0]
  - Carbonac[0]
  - Plutonic[1]
    - Granites[1]
    - Syenite[0]
  - Volcanic[2]
    - Basalt[1]
    - Pumice[0]
    - Tuff[0]
- Metamorphic[81]
  - Foliated[1]
    - Gneiss[0]
    - Slate[1]
  - Granular[80]
    - Granulite[0]
    - Marble[79]
    - Monzogranitic orthogneiss[0]
    - Quartzite[0]
    - Serpentinite[1]
- Sedimentary[43]
  - Carbonaceous[2]
    - brownstone[0]
  - Carbonates[24]
    - Dolomites[0]
    - Limestone[24]
      - Bioclastic Limestone[1]
      - Crystalline Limestone[5]
      - Fossiliferous Limestone[1]
    - Tuffas and travertines[1]
  - Clastic[8]
    - Sandstone[8]
  - Fossiliferous Limestone[2]
  - Non-carbonates Chemical[2]
    - Gypsum[2]
    - Onyx[0]
Terra-cotta[4]
Wood[21]
- Douglas Fir[0]
- Eastern White Pine[0]
- Silicified wood[0]

Building or Site

Creation Date

0001[1]
12th Century[1]
- 1100s[1]
- 11XX[1]
13th century[1]
- 1200s[1]
  - 1225[1]
16th century[8]
17th century[5]
- 1600s[1]
  - 16XX[1]
- 1650s[1]
  - 1655[1]
18th century[26]
- 1740s[3]
  - 1742[3]
- 1773[8]
- 1776[3]
- 1780s[4]
  - 1782[4]
19th century[88]
- 1810s[7]
  - 1818[5]
- 1820s[3]
- 1830s[12]
- 1840s[3]
- 1850s[8]
  - 1855[1]
  - 1858[1]
- 1860s[12]
  - 1860[1]
- 1870s[9]
- 1880s[9]
  - 1880[1]
  - 1881[1]
  - 1884[3]
- 1890s[19]
  - 1894[15]
  - 1896[3]
20th century[54]
- 1900s[1]
- 1910s[7]
  - 1913[1]
  - 1914[3]
- 1920s[20]
  - 1927[1]
  - 1929[1]
- 1930s[3]
  - 1939[1]
- 1950s[1]
  - 1957[1]
- 1960s[1]
- 1990s[1]
  - 1993[1]
- 19XX[2]
21st century[1]
- 2000s[1]

Deterioration

Biological Colonization[2]
- Biofilm[2]
Discoloration and deposit[8]
- Gypsum crust[3]
- Iron stains[2]
- Soiling[5]
Material loss[2]
- Delamination or Exfoliation[1]
- Freeze-thaw damage[1]
- Sugaring[1]

Object Type

Artifact[2]
Brick[27]
Brushes[0]
Clay[0]
Collection Sample[0]
Core[5]
Core drill[0]
Coupon[0]
Cube[11]
Cylinder[0]
Disk[0]
Facsimile[2]
Fibers[0]
Fines/Powder[219]
Fragment[522]
Fragment, Powder[16]
Granules[0]
Gravel[0]
Manufacturer's Sample[11]
Other[0]
Paint chips[0]
Pebbles[0]
Photographic film[0]
Raw Building Materials[0]
Sand[0]
Silt[0]
Slab[16]
Strappo[0]
Testing[1]
- Bond Strength[0]
- Compressive Strength[0]
- Consistency[0]
- DRMS[0]
- Drying shrinkage[0]
- Mortar Analysis[0]
- Particle Size Distribution[0]
- Salts[0]
- Shear strength[1]
- Water Vapor Transmission[0]
Tile[0]

Image

Title

Collection ID

Other ID

Building Material

Site or Building

Date of sample

Slate slabs

RM0063

Slate

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Roy J. Ingraffia
Lecturer, Department in Historic Preservation

Associated Faculty

Marie-Claude Boileau
Andrew Fearon
Michael C. Henry
John Hinchman
Irene Matteini
Catherine Myers
Casey Weisdock

Affiliated Researchers

Jiwen Fan

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José C. Hernández

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