Conservation, restoration & care of artworks books

Microanalysis of Parchment presents sampling techniques and non-destructive, microanalytical and semi-microanalytical...  Read More >>

This booklet aims to provide a basic methodology for the care and conservation of historical ceramics for professionals...  Read More >>

Papers including such topics as tanning leather, preparation and conservation of clothing and artefacts, types of...  Read More >>

This book explains for the first time the full story of the wartime adventures of Britain's greatest art treasures....  Read More >>

This volume on paintings conservation includes more than seventy texts ranging from the fifteenth century to the...  Read More >>

This comprehensively illustrated volume represents a unique collection of expertise and will be of interest to art...  Read More >>

A review of 190 years of literature on copper and its alloys. It integrates information on pigments, corrosion and...  Read More >>

In this manual, artists, gallery staff, collectors and curators will find instructions on how to present and protect...  Read More >>

Das Standardwerk fur den praktischen Museumsbetrieb 'Sammlungsgut in Sicherheit' wird aufgrund der grossen Resonanz...  Read More >>

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Traces the history of some of the great floors of Europe from the fourth century BC and outlines the development...  Read More >>

The impetus for this book was the desire to systematically organize the extant literature on the conservation of...  Read More >>

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A review of the literature on the impact of light sources, particularly photo and reprographic flash, on art and...  Read More >>

From family heirlooms to vintage purchases, almost everyone has some item of beautiful clothing or some treasured...  Read More >>

Gilding is to be found on a wide range of materials across the spectrum of the visual arts and its conservation...  Read More >>

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A guide for those working in the preservation of historic objects.  Read More >>

In 1937-8, in preparation for a new gallery given by Lord Duveen, an unauthorised cleaning of the Parthenon Sculptures...  Read More >>

An aid to understanding the selection of solutions where a painting / object cannot be cleaned by more traditional...  Read More >>

This title showcases some of America's priceless historical artefacts, documents, and sites that, because of neglect,...  Read More >>

This study looks at the preservation process, the issue of colourisation, and commercial film archives. It also...  Read More >>

Through this lavishly illustrated volume, readers will discover how various cultures, ranging from ancient societies...  Read More >>

The use of analytical methods in studies concerning works of art and archaeological artifacts provides essential...  Read More >>

This is a study of the role of microbial colonization on the degradation of different cultural artifacts (from buildings...  Read More >>