Caring for Cultural Material 1

Caring for Cultural Material 2

Damage and Decay

Managing Collections

Managing People

Handling, Transportation, Storage and Display

Glossary

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Caring for Cultural Material 2
In this volume:
– Textiles
arrow Leather
– Wood
– Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Material
– Metals
– Outdoor Collections
– Acknowledgments
Leather
In this chapter:
– Objectives
– Introduction
– What is leather?
– What are the most common types of damage?
arrow Common causes of damage
– Storing and displaying leather
– Treatments
– Cleaning leather
– Lubrication of leather
– Treatments of attached metal fittings
– Summary of conditions for storage and display
– Leather in Australia’s climatic zones
  MORE ABOUT LEATHER
– Skin
– Collagen
– Untanned skin products
– Leather
– Spews
– Additional cleaning methods
– Humidity chamber
– Lubricant formulations
– For further reading
– Self-evaluation quiz
– Answers to self-evaluation quiz

 

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Leather

Common causes of damage

The most common types of damage are caused by:

  • poor handling;

  • poor storage methods;

  • inappropriate display methods;

  • wear and tear from repeated use;

  • chemical changes in the materials which make up the leather objects;

  • chemical changes caused by atmospheric pollutants and by chemicals which are in contact with the leather objects; and

  • a combination of any or all of these.

Much of the common damage to leather objects can be prevented by care and pre-planning your handling, storage and display.

 

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