Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice by Dinah Eastop,Kathryn Gill

By Dinah Eastop,Kathryn Gill

This good referenced ebook presents an amply illustrated e-book on upholstery conservation which discusses and stories the problems on the topic of the care, interpretation and therapy of upholstered furniture.

Through many good illustrated case experiences the inter-disciplinary collaboration basic to upholstery conservation, and the complicated decision-making procedure all for the remedy of upholstered furnishings, are made obvious. The case histories are contributed by way of top foreign practitioners within the box and hindrance gadgets and collections within the care of English history, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of artwork and different across the world popular institutions.

Likewise, the participants, from either side of the Atlantic, are world-renowned experts and leaders during this region of conservation operating for the private and non-private sectors. The case histories, illustrated in color, black and white and particularly ready line drawings, challenge item therapy and documentation, the conservation of data, the functionality and the artefact. they vary from the documentation of eighteenth century detachable chair covers and the therapy of a 19th century carriage to a 20th century foam-filled chair belonging to a museum.

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