Caring for Cultural Material 1

Caring for Cultural Material 2

Damage and Decay

Managing Collections

Managing People

Handling, Transportation, Storage and Display

Glossary

Index

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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
– 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
arrow For further reading
– Self-evaluation quiz
– Answers to self-evaluation quiz

 

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Leather

For further reading

British Leather Manufacturers' Research Association1957, Hides, Skins and Leather under the Microscope, Griffiths & Sons Ltd, London.

Calnan, C.1984, 'The Conservation of Social History and Industrial Leather', Taken into Care: The Conservation of Social and Industrial History Items, Proceedings of the Joint UKIC/AMSSEE Meeting, United Kingdom Institute for Conservation, London.

Calnan, C., ed. 1991, 'Conservation of Leather in Transport Collections', Papers given at a UKIC conference, Restoration 1991, United Kingdom Institute of Conservation, London.

Fogle, Sonja, ed. 1985, Recent Advances in Leather Conservation, The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Washington D.C.

Raphael, T.J. 1993, 'The Care of Leather and Skin Products: A Curatorial Guide', Leather Conservation News, Vol. 9 (1) Materials Conservation Laboratory of the Texas Memorial Museum, Austin, U.S., pp 1-15.

Reed, R. 1972, Ancient Skins, Parchments and Leathers, Seminar Press, London and New York.

Tuck, D.H.1983, Oils and Lubricants Used on Leather, The Leather Conservation Centre, Northampton, U.K.

Waterer, John W. 1972, A Guide to the Conservation and Restoration of Objects Made Wholly or in Part of Leather, G. Bell & Sons, London.

 

 

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