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- English
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Conservation of Twentieth-Century Furniture
About this book
Conservation of Twentieth-Century Furniture provides comprehensive and accessible coverage of the materials and techniques that are encountered in furniture of this century.
After putting the design, manufacture and conservation of twentieth-century furniture into context, the volume then offers an A-Z of materials organised into 12 chapters. Within each chapter a wide variety of material types are discussed, observed, analysed and contextualised, and a list of further sources is provided. The furniture discussed in this book ranges from designer craftsman, individually made pieces, to factory-produced batch items, and includes cabinet work, decoration, surface finishes and upholstery, observing the traditional repertoire of materials, as well as innovative materials and processes introduced over the course of this century. Following the material chapters, the book also includes brief case studies that illustrate some examples of twentieth-century furniture conservation, with a focus on metal, plastic and wood.
Conservation of Twentieth-Century Furniture is the primary resource for those working on the manufacture, history and care of furniture of this period, including conservators, curators, dealers and collectors.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Overview of twentieth-century furniture design and manufacture
- 3 Overview of twentieth-century furniture conservation
- 4 Introduction to adhesives
- 5 Board materials
- 6 Composites
- 7 Metals
- 8 Plant materials
- 9 Natural and semi-synthetic plastics
- 10 Synthetic plastics
- 11 Stones and minerals
- 12 Structural upholstery
- 13 Surface coatings
- 14 Textiles and fibres
- 15 Timber and related products
- 16 Case studies of specific conservation models
- 17 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index