Conservation of Furniture

by Shayne Rivers and Nick Umney

Book Overview

This book is a comprehensive resource covering the principles and practice of the conservation and restoration of furniture. A review of the historical development of furniture introduces a wide range of structural types and materials that may be encountered, including wood, ivory, turtleshell, horn and metals, as well as decorative surfaces such as paint, japanning, lacquer and gilding. The nature and behaviour of these materials is explained...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415657903
• ISBN13: 9780415657907
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 838 Pages
• Weight: 3.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.4" x 9.7"