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Good afternoon. A client of mine is building a special case to house a high value painting & is looking for recommendations for the glazing. The case is in an office that is occupied 24 hours a day. The painting is alarmed & the room is locked if not occupied. Does anyone out there have any recommendations/favorite high security glass with good optical clarity that you have used?

Many thanks.

Sue Maltby, Conservator
Maltby & Associates Inc.
Adjunct Faculty, Museum Studies Programme/Faculty of Information, University
of Toronto
174 Spadina Ave., #508
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 2C2
416-921-2877

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Susan Maltby
Conservator
Toronto ON
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Hi Sue,

Our company builds custom museum cases. In the situation you describe we recommend using low iron, UV filtering, laminated glass. Starfire is a good brand. In order to be completely secure, the glass should be bonded on all sides to a metal frame that is part of the case.

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Steve Meyer
Artifact Cases by Proto Productions
Addison Illinois
630-628-6626
steve@protoproductions.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-12-2018 03:36 PM
From: Susan Maltby
Subject: Security Glazing

Good afternoon. A client of mine is building a special case to house a high value painting & is looking for recommendations for the glazing. The case is in an office that is occupied 24 hours a day. The painting is alarmed & the room is locked if not occupied. Does anyone out there have any recommendations/favorite high security glass with good optical clarity that you have used?

Many thanks.

Sue Maltby, Conservator
Maltby & Associates Inc.
Adjunct Faculty, Museum Studies Programme/Faculty of Information, University
of Toronto
174 Spadina Ave., #508
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 2C2
416-921-2877

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Susan Maltby
Conservator
Toronto ON
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