Conservation of 20th Century Furniture

ISBN-13: 9780750656023 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 336 str.

Opis

Conservation of 20^th Century Furniture provides a comprehensive coverage of materials and techniques that are encountered in twentieth century furniture, through both a contextual point of view and through a range of practice perspectives. After putting both the design and manufacture, and the conservation, of 20^th centry furniture into context, this volume then offers an A-Z of materials. Within each chapter a wide variety of material types are discussed observed, analysed and contextualized, and further sources for consultation provided. The furniture discussed 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 and the innovative materials and processes introduced during the century. Conservation of 20^th Century Furniture is the primary resourse for those studying and conserving twentieth century furniture, and is also of interest to those concerned with a wide range of topics in the manufacture, history and care of twentieth century furniture including curators, dealers and collectors.

Spis treści

Foreword  Preface  Part One  01. Introduction  02. Overview of 20^th century furniture design and manufacture  03. Overview of 20^th century furniture conservation  Part Two: A-Z of materials and techniques  04. Adhesives  05. Board materials  06. Composites  07. Plant materials  08. Metals, ferrous  09. Metals, non-ferrous  10. Plastics, semi-synthetic  11. Plastics, synthetic  12. Stone and minerals  13. Structural upholstery  14. Surface coatings  15. Textiles and fibres  16. Timbers  17. Case studies of specific conservation models  18. Conclusion  Bibliography  References Appendices