Textile conservation: advances in practice
by Ewer, Patricia Lennard, Frances
Textile Conservation: Advances in Practice demonstrates the development in the role and practice of the textile conservator and captures the current diversity of textile conservators' work. The book focuses on four major factors which have influenced development in textile conservation practice since the 1980s: the changing context, an evolution in the way conservators think about objects, the greater involvement of stakeholders, and technical developments. These are all integral to effective c…
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- Full title :Textile conservation : advances in practice / edited by Frances Lennard and Patricia Ewer.
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Textile Conservation: Advances in Practice demonstrates the development in the role and practice of the textile conservator and captures the current diversity of textile conservators' work. The book focuses on four major factors which have influenced development in textile conservation practice since the 1980s: the changing context, an evolution in the way conservators think about objects, the greater involvement of stakeholders, and technical developments. These are all integral to effective conservation decision-making. Includes case studies from the UK, USA and mainland Europe and Asia . Assesses the conservation of objects in some of the world's major cultural institutions . Highly illustrated in full colour to show the effect of conservation in practice. Textile Conservation is a reference manual for textile conservators, textile conservation students and museum and heritage professionals.
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- Publication Date:2010.
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- Publisher(s):Butterworth-Heinemann
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
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- Description:xxiii, 311 pages : : color illustrations ; : 25 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780750667906, 0750667907
- oclc:ocn636899791
- LC Classification:NK8804.5
- Dewey Decimal:746.0288
Table of Contents
1. The changing context -- Textile conservation in the heritage sector / Frances Lennard, Patricia Ewer -- Treatment option -- what are we conserving? / Frances Lennard, Patricia Ewer -- Engaging communities / Frances Lennard, Patricia Ewer -- 2. Technical advances -- Remedial conservation / Frances Lennard, Patricia Ewer -- Preventive conservation / Frances Lennard, Patricia Ewer -- Scientific developments / Frances Lennard, Patricia Ewer -- 3. The future -- Future needs and influences / Frances Lennard, Patricia Ewer.
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