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The conservation of antiquities and works of art : treatment, repair and restoration / H.J. Plenderleith.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Oxford University Press, 1971Edition: 2nd. [by] H.J. Plenderleith and A.E.A. WernerDescription: xix, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0192129600
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction: The Influence of Environment -- Part I: Organic Materials. Animal Skin and Skin Products -- Papyrus, Parchment, and Paper -- Prints, Drawings, and Manuscripts -- Textiles -- Wood -- Bone and Ivory -- Easel Paintings -- Part II: Metals. General Introduction -- Gold and Electrum -- Silver -- Copper and Its Alloys -- Lead, Tin, and Pewter -- Iron and Steel -- Part III: Siliceous and Related Materials. Stone -- Ceramics -- Glass -- Appendixes: Strength of Solutions -- Dangerous Chemicals -- Preparation and Use of Flour Paste -- Pearson's Square for Simplifying Dilution Calculations -- Acidity, Neutrality, Alkalinity -- Thermometric Equivalents -- Methods of Recording Relative Humidity -- The Peroxide Test for Vegetable-Tanned Leather -- Potassium Lactate Solution -- British Museum Leather Dressing -- Silica Gel -- Microcrystalline Polishing Waxes -- Method of Adapting Mains Electric Supply for Electrolytic Reduction -- Index.
Summary: This book is concerned with the broad field relating to the restoration of antiquities and works of art, and with their subsequent conservation. It is intended as a handbook for the collector, the archaeologist, and the museum curator, and as a workshop guide for the technician.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Green 702.8 PLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 03839

Previous edition 1956.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The Influence of Environment -- Part I: Organic Materials. Animal Skin and Skin Products -- Papyrus, Parchment, and Paper -- Prints, Drawings, and Manuscripts -- Textiles -- Wood -- Bone and Ivory -- Easel Paintings -- Part II: Metals. General Introduction -- Gold and Electrum -- Silver -- Copper and Its Alloys -- Lead, Tin, and Pewter -- Iron and Steel -- Part III: Siliceous and Related Materials. Stone -- Ceramics -- Glass -- Appendixes: Strength of Solutions -- Dangerous Chemicals -- Preparation and Use of Flour Paste -- Pearson's Square for Simplifying Dilution Calculations -- Acidity, Neutrality, Alkalinity -- Thermometric Equivalents -- Methods of Recording Relative Humidity -- The Peroxide Test for Vegetable-Tanned Leather -- Potassium Lactate Solution -- British Museum Leather Dressing -- Silica Gel -- Microcrystalline Polishing Waxes -- Method of Adapting Mains Electric Supply for Electrolytic Reduction -- Index.

This book is concerned with the broad field relating to the restoration of antiquities and works of art, and with their subsequent conservation. It is intended as a handbook for the collector, the archaeologist, and the museum curator, and as a workshop guide for the technician.