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?
– Common causes of damage
– Storing and displaying leather
– Treatments
– Cleaning leather
– Lubrication of leather
– Treatments of attached metal fittings
arrow 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

Summary of conditions for storage and display

  Storage Display
Temperature Reasonably constant and preferably 18–22ºC. 25ºC is the maximum Reasonably constant and preferably 18–22ºC. 25ºC is the maximum
Relative Humidity 45–55% 45–55%
Brightness of the Light Dark storage is preferred; but if light is present it should be 150 lux or less. If the leather is dyed, the brightness should be 50 lux or less. Should be 150 lux or less. If the leather is dyed, the brightness should be 50 lux or less.
UV Content of Light Dark storage is preferred but if light is present, UV content should be less than 30µW/lm, and no more than 75µW/lm Less than 30µW/lm, no more than 75µW/lm.

 

 

 

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