Preferred label

Matburn                

Alternative label

Scope note

Discoloration of an artifact caused from prolonged contact with mat board. Matburn can darken a substrate as it absorbs acid from degrading fibers in the mat board.   

Parent concept

Damage       

uh-linked-data/concept/87       

Related concept                                                     

Material feature       

uh-linked-data/concept/332

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT       

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

 Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/331