Conservation Concerns A Guide for Collectors and Curators

by Bachmann, Konstanze

• ISBN13: 9781560981749
• ISBN10: 1560981741
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781588343727
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-04-17
• Publisher: HARPER COLLINS
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Summary

Written in accessible, nontechnical language, this book's twenty-three essays provide invaluable conservation guidelines for a variety of materials and media. Focusing also on proper storage techniques and environmental control, contributors offer information on emergency planning, disaster management, and identifying damages that may require professional treatment.

Author Biography

Konstanze Bachmann is the paper conservator at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Principles of Storage	p. 5
Emergency Planning	p. 11
Control of Temperature and Humidity in Small Collections	p. 15
Construction Materials for Storage and Exhibition	p. 23
Storage of Works on Paper	p. 29
Warning Signs: When Works on Paper Require Conservation	p. 35
Storage and Care of Photographs	p. 39
Warning Signs: When Photographs Need Conservation	p. 47
The Preservation and Storage of Sound Recordings	p. 53
Painting Storage: A Basic Guideline	p. 57
When Is It Time to Call a Paintings Conservator?	p. 63
Storage of Historic Fabrics and Costumes	p. 69
Textile Conservation	p. 79
Warning Signs: When Textiles Need Conservation	p. 85
Storage Containers for Textile Collections	p. 91
Storage of Stone, Ceramic, Glass, and Metal	p. 97
The Care and Conservation of Metal Artifacts	p. 101
Furniture Conservation	p. 105
Upholstery Conservation	p. 111
Preserving Ethnographic Objects	p. 115
Care of Folk Art: The Decorative Surface	p. 123
Composite Objects: Materials and Storage Conditions	p. 129
Appendix	p. 135
Reading List	p. 141
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