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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.
* Principles and practice are demonstrated through a series of case histories
* Provides a common vocabulary and point of reference across the conservation disciplines
* Includes contributions from world-renowned specialists from the public and private sectors
'Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice is a vital reference in a new field, and will be of interest to a wide range of people, not just conservators and curators. It is a fine addition to the Butterworth Heinemann series.' Conservation News 'Upholstery Conservation is a practical, well-developed textbook on the current state of the art. It will encourage the dissemination of information between people responsible for the conservation of upholstered items and help to improve the practice of upholstery conservation by encouraging the partnership of different specialists to acheive the best outcome.' Museum National Magazine 'The book sets an excellent standard; it is a major contribution to the study of upholstery conservation in Britain and America and provides an invaluable work of reference upon which further studies can be based.' The Furniture History Society Newsletter 'This book is useful not only for those who are involved in furniture or textile conservation, but also for scholars and students in the other fields of conservation of cultural property and for the curators who work with furniture collections.' IIC-Japan Newsletter
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Dedicatee's Preface | p. xi |
| Series Editors' Preface | p. xii |
| Editors' Preface | p. xv |
| Acknowledgements | p. xvii |
| List of Contributors | p. xix |
| Introduction: Upholstery conservation as a practice of preservation, investigation and interpretation | p. 1 |
| Object Treatment: Case Histories | |
| The Ernest Race 'Heron' chair and footstool, designed c.1955: an example of conserving foam-filled upholstery | p. 13 |
| The Lawrence Alma-Tadema settee, designed c.1884-85: the challenges of interpretation and replication | p. 33 |
| William Burges' Mermaid chair, c.1870: conserving both original materials and later adaptations | p. 44 |
| Developments in untacked re-upholstery: the Denon chairs project | p. 51 |
| Reconciling conservation and interpretation: strategies for long-term display of a late seventeenth-century bed | p. 61 |
| Documentation and conservation of carriage trimming: the treatment of a nineteenth-century carriage interior | p. 74 |
| Ethafoam treatments for two eighteenth-century French chairs | p. 90 |
| Preserving a mid-nineteenth-century decorative scheme: conserving the Morant suite in the Octagon Room, Raby Castle | p. 100 |
| Documentation: Case Studies | |
| Seat furniture at the court of Henry VIII: a study of the evidence | p. 115 |
| Eighteenth-century close-fitting detachable covers preserved at Houghton Hall: a technical study | p. 133 |
| Evidence from artefacts and archives: researching the textile furnishings of a Victorian bedroom at Brodsworth | p. 144 |
| Upholstery Documentation | p. 175 |
| Documenting upholstery: a guide for practitioners | p. 177 |
| Example of cross-section diagrams to document changes to upholstery layers before and after conservation treatment | p. 181 |
| A brief object record: the Brooklyn Museum of Art easy chair | p. 186 |
| References | p. 193 |
| Select bibliography | p. 198 |
| Index | p. 201 |
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ISBN: 9780750645065
ISBN-10: 0750645067
Series: Conservation and Museology
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 209
Published: 24th November 2000
Dimensions (cm): 24.6 x 18.9
x 2.1
Weight (kg): 0.666
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