Conservation of 20th 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 a range of practice perspectives.
Conservation of 20th 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 a range of practice perspectives.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jake Kaner is Professor of Furniture at Nottingham Trent University and prior to that Buckinghamshire New University, where he studied and conserved twentieth-century furniture collections for many years. He has worked with English Heritage architects and leading museums. He has supervised at the RCA, London, lectured at UK Art and Design university departments, and given research papers at the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, the Pinakotek der Moderne, Munich, the Design Museum, London and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Clive Edwards is an Emeritus Professor of Design History at Loughborough University. After a career in the retailing of furniture and interiors he completed a PhD on Victorian furniture technology. His published works include monographs and articles on aspects of furniture history, technology, materials and trades, furnishing textiles and the manufacture and retailing of domestic furnishings, as well as contributions to multi-authored works on interiors, architecture and home furnishings.
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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.
