Manual of Housekeeping

Name/Title

Manual of Housekeeping

Entry/Object ID

2018.192.0001

Description

Practical guidance on how to care for fragile interiors, maintain decorative fixtures and fittings and how to display furnishings and objects within their historic context. It also includes the latest thinking on housekeeping theory and practice. In particular, the Manual highlights the ways in which preventative conservation measures can help reduce the need for expensive repair to collections at a later date. It also explains how to strike the balance between the care and display of historic interiors and the provision of public access. Physical Description: Hardcover, 941 pages

Acquisition

Accession

2018.192

Source or Donor

found in Collection

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Book Details

Author

The National Trust

Edition

First

Publisher

Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann

Place Published

Location

Burlington, MA

Date Published

2006

Publication Language

English

ISBN

0-7506-5529-1