19th March 2014, 11:14 PM
Surely a painting in a frame on the floor would be lifted as a "find", and not as a context? :face-stir:
Unless, of course, the frame and canvas had rotted away - then the paint fragments would be either a "layer" in their own right or inclusions within a deposit. You'd be hard-pressed to notice there were multiple coats of paint to differentiate! Still, it's a dead cat in a box, or strapped to buttered toast, or something, so we can get all abstract...
If I KNEW the paint coats had different dates, and related to the canvas, etc then I'd eventually draw up the matrix with the "newest" event (or cost?) at the top. Doesn't matter about physical orientation.
Unless, of course, the frame and canvas had rotted away - then the paint fragments would be either a "layer" in their own right or inclusions within a deposit. You'd be hard-pressed to notice there were multiple coats of paint to differentiate! Still, it's a dead cat in a box, or strapped to buttered toast, or something, so we can get all abstract...
If I KNEW the paint coats had different dates, and related to the canvas, etc then I'd eventually draw up the matrix with the "newest" event (or cost?) at the top. Doesn't matter about physical orientation.