Conservation of leather and related materials /
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| Language: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann,
2006.
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| Series: | Butterworth-Heinemann series in conservation and museology
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Table of Contents:
- The nature and properties of leather / Roy Thomson
- Collagen: the leathermaking protein / B.M. Haines
- The fibre structure of leather / B.M. Haines
- The chemistry of tanning materials / A.D. Covington
- The mechanisms of deterioration in leather / Mary-Lou E. Florian
- Testing leathers and related materials / Roy Thomson
- The manufacture of leather / Roy Thomson
- The social position of leatherworkers / Robert D. Higham
- Gilt leather / Roy Thomson
- Cuir bouilli / Laura Davies
- The tools and techniques of leatherworking: correct tools + skills = quality / Caroline Darke
- General principles of care, storage and display / Aline Angus, Marion Kite and Theodore Sturge
- Materials and techniques: past and present / Marion Kite, Roy Thomson and Aline Angus
- Taxidermy / J.A. Dickinson
- Furs and furriery: history, techniques and conservation / Marion Kite
- The tanning, dressing and conservation of exotic, aquatic and feathered skins / Rudi Graemer and Marion Kite
- Ethnographic leather and skin products / Sherry Doyal and Marion Kite
- Collagen products: glues, gelatine, gut membrane and sausage casings / Marion Kite
- The manufacture of parchment / B.M. Haines
- The conservation of parchment / Christopher S. Woods
- Conservation of leather bookbindings: a mosaic of contemporary techniques
- The conservation of archaeological leather / E. Cameron, J. Spriggs and B. Wills
- Case histories of treatments.