Conservation of Leather and Related Materials

Herausgeber: Kite, Marion; Thomson, Roy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The conservation of skin, leather and related materials is an area that, until now, has had little representation by the written word in book form. Marion Kite and Roy Thomson, of the Leather Conservation Centre, have prepared a text which is both authoritative and comprehensive, including contributions from the leading specialists in their fields,

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Series in Conservation and Museology
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 191mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 860g
• ISBN-13: 9780367606350
• ISBN-10: 0367606356
• Artikelnr.: 61567246

Autorenporträt

Marion Kite, Roy Thompson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Dedication
Foreward
The nature and properties of leather
Collagen: the leather making protein
The fibre structure of leather
The chemistry of tanning materials
The mechanisms of deterioration in leather
Testing leathers and related materials
The manufacture of leather
The social position of leatherworks
Gilt leather
Cuir bouilli
The tools and techniques of leathermaking
General principles of conservation
Materials and techniques: past and present
Taxidermy
Furs and furriery: history, techniques and conservation
The conservation of exotic, feathered and aquatic skins
Ethnographic leather and skin products
Collagen products, glues, gelatine, gut membrane and sausage casings
The manufacture of parchment
The conservation of parchment
The conservation of leather bookbindings: a mosaic of contemporary techniques
The conservation of archaeological leather
Case histories