Lucia Burgio

Biographic Data

ID634010
NAMELucia Burgio
GIVEN NAMESLucia
FAMILY NAMEBurgio
SIGNATUREBURGIO L
AFFILIATIONSVictoria and Albert Museum
ORCID0000-0001-5436-1520
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS20
TOTAL CITATIONS38
AUTHOR COUNT20
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Origins of early Imperial Roman fused mosaic glass

    Open AccessLiam Richards, Ian Freestone et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2026

    The Roman glass revolution, typically characterised by the adoption of the blowpipe, was preceded by a significant expansion in the production of glass bowls made by slumping in the Hellenistic period. Mosaic vessels, made of brightly coloured glass in complex patterns represent the most sophisticated expression of this technique. One hundred and one polychrome glass objects dating to the first centuries BCE and CE and including 65 mosaic glass b…

  • Analysis and Conservation of Two Post-Pharaonic Burial Shrouds in the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum

    Open AccessKaty Smith, Carolina Jimenez Gray et al.ARTICLEHeritage2026References: 1

    The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has two ancient Egyptian painted burial shrouds in its collection. Both dating to between the 1st century BCE and early 2nd century CE, they were examined and conserved in preparation for display in the 2025 exhibition ‘Making Egypt’. A nearly intact shroud depicts a woman in the form of Hathor, whilst an incomplete shroud depicts a man as Osiris. Both shrouds would have been placed over mummified bodies, …

  • Shining a light on the degradation of triarylmethane dyes

    Open AccessCatarina M Pinto, David Buti et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cultural Heritage2026

    Investigation of the photochemistry of blue-green triarylmethane dyes. • In-situ analysis revealed light fading triarylmethane dyes on an 1885 cotton dress. • Evidence of two degradation pathways clarifies the dress's conservation state. • Dye substituents affect fading; findings support light-safe museum display. This study examines the fading of the blue-green background in an 1885 printed cotton dress by Edmund Potter & Co., in the collection …

  • Lacquer in the Americas

    Open AccessLucia Burgio, Dana Melchar et al.ARTICLEHeritage2025References: 6

    This Special Issue brings the Indigenous American lacquer community together, building bridges and overcoming the existing geographical and language obstacles. With dual-language (English and Spanish) articles focusing on barniz de Pasto and mopa mopa, Mexican lacquer (or maque) and cumatê, this collection includes contributions covering a number of disciplines. This volume is a ‘go-to’ research resource encompassing scientific and historical rev…

  • Mexican Lacquer at the Victoria and Albert Museum

    Open AccessValentina Risdonne, Ludovico Geminiani et al.ARTICLEHeritage2024References: 8

    This study investigates the materials and techniques used in three Mexican platters, or bateas, from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection. Our analytical approach included the use of non-invasive techniques, such as infrared reflectography, scanning X-ray fluorescence, and digital microscopy, which informed limited but targeted sampling. Traditional pigments were identified, including indigo, carbon black, red lead, lead white, and orpiment,…

  • A Recently Identified Barniz Brillante Casket at Bateman’s, the Home of Rudyard Kipling

    Open AccessLudovico Geminiani, Maria Sanchez Carvajal et al.ARTICLEHeritage2024References: 3

    A casket held at Bateman’s, Rudyard and Caroline Kipling’s home in Sussex—now a National Trust property—was recently recognised as a barniz brillante work. Objects made of barniz brillante, a technique featuring the Indigenous American material called mopa mopa, are relatively rare and have only sparingly been studied using scientific analysis techniques. A collaboration between the National Trust and the Victoria and Albert Museum has produced s…

  • Mopa Mopa and Barniz de Pasto at the Victoria and Albert Museum

    Open AccessLucia Burgio, Nick Humphrey et al.ARTICLEHeritage2024Cited by: 2References: 2

    This paper summarises the research carried out so far on barniz de Pasto objects from the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and outlines future areas of development for our collection of Indigenous lacquer from Latin America. The V&A was the first UK public institution to identify objects decorated with barniz de Pasto within its collection. Two of these were acquired in 2015 and 2018; others had entered the collection between 1855 and 1902 but we…

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    Open AccessJ Brand, Carmen Vida et al.ARTICLEHeritage2024References: 1

    Conserving micromosaics from the Gilbert collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum is a challenge due to their complex structure and fragility. Their highly polished decorative surface prevents access to the substrate, yet deterioration can affect both, and manifests as cracking, failure and losses of the substrate and grouting, and as yellowing and accumulation of dirt on the uppermost organic coating. In order to minimise any possible damage…

  • Making London Porcelain—A Multidisciplinary Project Connecting Local Communities with the Technological and Innovation Histories of London’s Early Porcelain Manufacturers

    Open AccessLucia Burgio, Kelly Domoney et al.ARTICLEHeritage2023References: 1

    This collaborative multidisciplinary pilot project involving the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), the Ashmolean Museum, and Newham Borough of London, examined the composition of a selection of eighteenth-century porcelain objects by two of London’s first porcelain manufacturers, Bow and Chelsea. As the first science-based public engagement project to be piloted by the V&A, it succeeded in bringing together young Londoners and their communities t…

  • Pigments—Arsenic-based yellows and reds

    Open AccessE Gliozzo, Lucia BurgioARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2022

    This review offers an update on arsenic-bearing minerals and pigments with the aim of serving as a guide for the study of Cultural Heritage materials in which these materials can be found. The different As-bearing mineral phases (realgar, pararealgar, orpiment, anorpiment, alacranite, dimorphite, bonazziite, uzonite, wakabayashilite, duranusite, arsenolite and claudetite) and some of their light-induced products are examined. The occurrence of As…

  • Protocol for the Analysis of Cross-Sections from Gilded Surfaces

    Open AccessLucia Burgio, Thomas Montgomery GregoryARTICLEHeritage2021References: 1

    This paper describes the protocol currently used at the Victoria and Albert Museum for the scientific analysis of water, oil and lacquer gilding in cultural heritage objects. The purpose of the protocol is to guide scientists, curators and conservators in their routine investigations, and address questions about the characteristics of gilded surfaces, their number, sequence, date, composition and stratigraphic details. Each protocol step is descr…

  • Non-Invasive Technical Investigation of English Portrait Miniatures Attributed to Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver

    Open AccessFlavia Fiorillo, Lucia Burgio et al.ARTICLEHeritage2021Cited by: 1

    This study presents the results of the technical investigation carried out on several English portrait miniatures painted in the 16th and 17th century by Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver, two of the most famous limners working at the Tudor and Stuart courts. The 23 objects chosen for the analysis, spanning almost the entire career of the two artists, belong to the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum (London) and the Fitzwilliam Museum…

  • Pigments, dyes and inks

    Open AccessLucia BurgioARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2021Cited by: 25References: 121

  • Investigation of Burmese lacquer methods

    Open AccessRisdonne, Valentina Risdonne et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cultural Heritage2018Cited by: 2References: 1

  • A multidisciplinary approach for the study and the virtual reconstruction of the ancient polychromy of Roman sarcophagi

    Open AccessEliana Siotto, Matteo Dellepiane et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cultural Heritage2015

  • Raman analysis of ninth-century Iraqi stuccoes from Samarra

    Open AccessLucia Burgio, Robin J H Clark et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2006Cited by: 6

  • Library of FT-Raman spectra of pigments, minerals, pigment media and varnishes, and supplement to existing library of Raman spectra of pigments with visible excitation

    Open AccessLucia Burgio, Robin J H ClarkARTICLESpectrochimica Acta Part A:…2001

  • Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and Raman microscopy for analysis of pigments in polychromes

    Open AccessMarta Castillejo, Margarita Martı́n et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cultural Heritage2000

  • Self-calibrated quantitative elemental analysis by laser-induced plasma spectroscopy

    Open AccessIlaria Borgia, Lucia Burgio et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cultural Heritage2000

  • The effects of UV laser light radiation on artists' pigments

    Open AccessAthanassia Athanassiou, Arthur E Hill et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cultural Heritage2000Cited by: 2References: 2