Conservation Concerns: A Guide for Collectors and Curators

Name/Title

Conservation Concerns: A Guide for Collectors and Curators

Entry/Object ID

2013.027.2

Description

Essays on conservation in museums by experts at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Contents: Principles of storage (Konstanze Bachmann and Rebecca Anne Rushfield) -- Emergency planning (Mary W. Ballard) -- Control of temperature and humidity in small collections (Ann Brooke Craddock) -- Construction materials for storage and exhibition (Ann Brooke Craddock) -- Storage of works on paper (Marjorie Shelley) -- Warning signs: when works on paper require conservation (Marjorie Shelley) -- Storage and care of photographs (Klaus B. Hendriks) -- Warning signs: when photographs need conservation (Klaus B. Hendriks) -- The preservation and storage of sound recordings (Klaus B. Hendriks) -- Painting storage: a basic guideline (Kenneth S. Moser) -- When is it time to call a paintings conservator (Charles von Nositz) -- Storage of historic fabrics and costumes (Christine Guintini) -- Textile conservation (Patsy Orlofsky) -- Warning signs: when textiles need conservation (Lucy A. Commoner) -- Storage of stone, ceramic, glass and metal (Lynda Z. Zycherman) -- The care and conservation of metal artifacts (Elayne Grossbard) -- Furniture conservation (Susan Klim) -- Upholstery conservation (Kathryn Gill) -- Preserving ethnographic objects (Carolyn L. Rose) -- Care of folk art: the decorative surface (Valerie Reich Hunt) -- Composite objects: materials and storage conditions (Valerie Reich Hunt) ix, 149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. (softcover)

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2013.027.

Source or Donor

Fanio King

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Fanio King

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Museum conservation methods

Book Details

Author

Bachmann, Konstanze

Publisher

Smithsonian Institution Press

Place Published

Location

Washington, DC

Date Published

circa 1992

Call No.

AM141 .C65 1992

ISBN

1560981741

Location

Location

Shelf

Hall Bookshelf

Building

NRH Research Room

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: Edited by Konstanze Bachmann. Inlcudes bibliographical references (p. 141-149).

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Create Date

November 5, 2013

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023