Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice write by Dinah Eastop. This book was released on 2012-09-10. Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This well referenced book provides an amply illustrated publication on upholstery conservation which discusses and reviews the issues related to the care, interpretation and treatment of upholstered furniture. Through many well illustrated case studies the inter-disciplinary collaboration fundamental to upholstery conservation, and the complex decision-making process involved in the treatment of upholstered furniture, are made evident. The case histories are contributed by leading international practitioners in the field and concern objects and collections in the care of English Heritage, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other internationally renowned institutions. Likewise, the contributors, from both sides of the Atlantic, are world-renowned specialists and leaders in this area of conservation working for the public and private sectors. The case histories, illustrated in colour, black and white and specially prepared line drawings, concern object treatment and documentation, the conservation of information, the function and the artefact. They range from the documentation of eighteenth century removable chair covers and the treatment of a nineteenth century carriage to a twentieth century foam-filled chair belonging to a museum.
Upholstery Conservation
Upholstery Conservation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Upholstery Conservation write by Kathryn Gill. This book was released on 2011. Upholstery Conservation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Provides illustrated and well-referenced material on the issues related to the care, interpretation, and treatment of upholstered furniture.
Tapestry Conservation: Principles and Practice
Tapestry Conservation: Principles and Practice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tapestry Conservation: Principles and Practice write by Frances Lennard. This book was released on 2006-08-11. Tapestry Conservation: Principles and Practice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tapestry Conservation: Principles and Practice explores current practice and recent research in tapestry conservation, promoting awareness of recent developments among conservators and custodians of tapestries. The book facilitates more informed conservation practice and decision-making, and helps custodians to select the most appropriate method of intervention.
Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice
Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice write by Dinah Eastop. This book was released on 2012-09-10. Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This well referenced book provides an amply illustrated publication on upholstery conservation which discusses and reviews the issues related to the care, interpretation and treatment of upholstered furniture. Through many well illustrated case studies the inter-disciplinary collaboration fundamental to upholstery conservation, and the complex decision-making process involved in the treatment of upholstered furniture, are made evident. The case histories are contributed by leading international practitioners in the field and concern objects and collections in the care of English Heritage, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other internationally renowned institutions. Likewise, the contributors, from both sides of the Atlantic, are world-renowned specialists and leaders in this area of conservation working for the public and private sectors. The case histories, illustrated in colour, black and white and specially prepared line drawings, concern object treatment and documentation, the conservation of information, the function and the artefact. They range from the documentation of eighteenth century removable chair covers and the treatment of a nineteenth century carriage to a twentieth century foam-filled chair belonging to a museum.
X-Radiography of Textiles, Dress and Related Objects
X-Radiography of Textiles, Dress and Related Objects - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook X-Radiography of Textiles, Dress and Related Objects write by Sonia O'Connor. This book was released on 2007-08-15. X-Radiography of Textiles, Dress and Related Objects available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. X-radiography of textile objects reveals hidden features as well as unexpected components and materials. This non-destructive technique throws light on construction, manufacturing techniques, use, wear, repair, patterns of decay and dating. X-radiography improves artefact documentation and interpretation as well as guiding conservation approaches by enhancing understanding. This book explores techniques for X-raying textiles. It describes approaches to image interpretation and explains how, through digitisation and digital image manipulation, maximum information can be realised. Case studies include archaeological, ecclesiastical and ethnographic textiles, items of dress and accessories, upholstery, quilts, embroideries, dolls and toys. Museum professionals will find this stimulating book an essential guide for developing their own practice or commissioning textile X-radiographs.
