| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiii, 803 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Butterworth-Heinemann series in conservation and museology
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Butterworth-Heinemann series in conservation and museology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: History -- 1. Furniture history -- Part II: Materials -- 2. Wood and wooden structures -- 3. Upholstery materials and structures -- 4. Plastics and polymers, coatings and binding media, adhesives and consolidants -- 5. Other materials and structures -- Part III: Deterioration -- 6. General review of environment and deterioration -- 7. Deterioration of wood and wooden structures -- 8. Deterioration of other materials and structures -- Part IV: Conservation -- 9. Conservation preliminaries -- 10. Principles of conserving and repairing wooden furniture -- 11. Principles of cleaning -- 12. Principles of consolidation, aesthetic reintegration and coatings -- 13. Conserving transparent coatings on wood -- 14. Introduction to traditional gilding -- 15. Conserving other materials I -- 16. Conserving other materials II. |
| Summary |
This book is a comprehensive resource covering the principles and practice of the conservation and restoration of furniture, and other decorative art objects made wholly or partly of wood. It integrates theory with practice to show the principles which govern interaction between wooden objects, the environmental and conservation treatments and the factors which need to be taken into account to arrive at acceptable solutions to conservation problems. The practical knowledge and experience of a team of conservators active in the field are bought together with theoretical and reference material f. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Furniture -- Repairing.
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Furniture -- Repairing. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Umney, Nick.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rivers, Shayne. Conservation of furniture. Oxford, England ; Burlington, MA : Butterworth Heinemann, 2003 0750609583 9780750609586 (DLC) 2004271853 (OCoLC)53218861 |
| ISBN |
9780080524641 (electronic book) |
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0080524648 (electronic book) |
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0750609583 |
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9780415657907 |
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0415657903 |
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