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
– Leather
arrow Wood
– Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Material
– Metals
– Outdoor Collections
– Acknowledgments
Wood
In this chapter:
– Objectives
– Introduction
– An introduction to the anatomy and chemistry of wood
– What are the most common causes and types of damage?
– Common causes of damage
– The do’s and don’ts of handling wooden objects
– Some basic do’s and don’ts of repair and cleaning
– Ideal conditions for storing and displaying wooden objects
– General storage and display guidelines
– Coating wooden objects
– Summary of conditions for storage and display
– Wooden objects in Australia’s climatic zones
  MORE ABOUT WOOD
– Additional notes on fungal attack of wood
arrow For further reading
– Self-evaluation quiz
– Answers to self-evaluation quiz

 

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For further reading

Ashurst, John and Nicola et al 1989, 'Wood, Glass and Resins', Practical Building Conservation English Heritage Technical Handbook, Vol 5, Gower Technical Press, Aldershot, England.

Black, James et al (eds) 1987, Recent Advances in the Conservation and Analysis of Artifacts, Summer Schools Press, University of London Institute of Archaeology, London.

Bramwell, Martyn et al (eds) 1979, The International Book of Wood, Mitchell Beazley Publishers, London.

Caneva, Giulia, Nugari, Maria Pia and Salvadori, Ornella1991, Biology in the Conservation of Works of Art, ICCROM, Rome.

Gilroy, David & Godfrey, Ian (eds) 1998, Conservation and Care of Collections. Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia.

Grosso, Gerald H (ed.) 1977, Pacific Northwest Wet Site Wood Conservation Conference, September 19-22, 1976, P.O. Box 194, Neah Bay, Washington.

Hodges, Henry 1976, Artefacts—An Introduction to Early Materials and Technology, John Baker Publishers, London.

Plenderleith, H.J. and Werner, A.E.A.1976, The Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art, Oxford University Press, London.

Shelley, Marjorie 1987, The Care and Handling of Art Objects—Practices in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Simpson, Mette and Huntley, Michael (eds)1992, Sotheby's Caring for Antiques: A Guide to Handling, Cleaning, Display and Restoration, Conran Octopus Ltd, London.

Stolow, Nathan1979, Museum and Monuments, XVII: Conservation standards for works of art in transit and on exhibition, UNESCO, Paris.

 

 

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