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| UPHOLSTERY CONSERVATION: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
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By
Dinah Eastop, Senior Lecturer, Textile Conservation Centre/University of Southampton
Kathryn Gill, Senior Lecturer/Conservator, Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton
Description
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.
Audience
Upholstery conservators, textile conservators, furniture conservators, Conservation students/teachers, upholsterers, curators and custodians of historic houses and museum collections, auction houses.
Contents
Introduction: the principles and practices of upholstery conservation. Object Treatment: Case Histories including two different types
of minimally interventive treatment; the integration of reproduction of materials for the display of the Hampton Court blue damask state
bed of the late 17th century. Documentation: Case studies including 18th century tight-fitting covers from Houghton Hall, an early example
of preventative conservation; a pilot research project on 19th century bedroom furnishings at Brodsworth Hall. Appendices: Upholstery
documentation guidelines for practitioners. References, Bibliography and Index.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 209 pages, publication date: NOV-2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-4506-5
ISBN-10: 0-7506-4506-7
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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