Caring for Your Cherished Possessions The Experts' Guide to Cleaning, Preserving, and Protecting Your China, Silver,

by LEVENSTEIN, MARY K.

• ISBN13: 9780517882269
• ISBN10: 0517882264
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780307804723
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-09-20
• Publisher: Potter Style
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Summary

An invaluable guide for everyone who owns fine and precious things and wants to know how to maintain their beauty and value. Whether it's art objects, furnishings, or textiles, this complete, practical book provides state-of-the-art and traditional techniques for effective preservation and restoration.

Author Biography

Mary Kerney Leventstein is a psychotherapist in private practice in Princeton, New Jersey Cordelia Frances Biddle is a New York-based writer

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Linens and Clothing	p. 1
Rugs and Carpets	p. 28
Furniture and Wooden Objects	p. 35
Paintings on Canvas	p. 49
Works of Art on Paper	p. 64
Books	p. 74
Photographs	p. 82
Silver and Other Metals	p. 88
Ceramics	p. 95
Glass	p. 100
Sources and Services	p. 105
Bibliography	p. 127
Acknowledgments	p. 130
Index	p. 131
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