Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice
1st Edition
Published on 10. September 2012
209 pages
978-1-135-14513-2 (ISBN)
Description
This well referenced book provides an amply illustrated publication on upholstery conservation which discusses and reviews the issues related to the care, interpretation and treatment of upholstered furniture.
Through many well illustrated case studies the inter-disciplinary collaboration fundamental to upholstery conservation, and the complex decision-making process involved in the treatment of upholstered furniture, are made evident. The case histories are contributed by leading international practitioners in the field and concern objects and collections in the care of English Heritage, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other internationally renowned institutions.
Likewise, the contributors, from both sides of the Atlantic, are world-renowned specialists and leaders in this area of conservation working for the public and private sectors. The case histories, illustrated in colour, black and white and specially prepared line drawings, concern object treatment and documentation, the conservation of information, the function and the artefact. They range from the documentation of eighteenth century removable chair covers and the treatment of a nineteenth century carriage to a twentieth century foam-filled chair belonging to a museum.
Through many well illustrated case studies the inter-disciplinary collaboration fundamental to upholstery conservation, and the complex decision-making process involved in the treatment of upholstered furniture, are made evident. The case histories are contributed by leading international practitioners in the field and concern objects and collections in the care of English Heritage, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other internationally renowned institutions.
Likewise, the contributors, from both sides of the Atlantic, are world-renowned specialists and leaders in this area of conservation working for the public and private sectors. The case histories, illustrated in colour, black and white and specially prepared line drawings, concern object treatment and documentation, the conservation of information, the function and the artefact. They range from the documentation of eighteenth century removable chair covers and the treatment of a nineteenth century carriage to a twentieth century foam-filled chair belonging to a museum.
Reviews / Votes
'Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice is a vital reference in a new field, and will be of interest to a wide range of people, not just conservators and curators. It is a fine addition to the Butterworth Heinemann series.'Conservation News
'Upholstery Conservation is a practical, well-developed textbook on the current state of the art. It will encourage the dissemination of information between people responsible for the conservation of upholstered items and help to improve the practice of upholstery conservation by encouraging the partnership of different specialists to acheive the best outcome.'
Museum National Magazine
'The book sets an excellent standard; it is a major contribution to the study of upholstery conservation in Britain and America and provides an invaluable work of reference upon which further studies can be based.'
The Furniture History Society Newsletter
'This book is useful not only for those who are involved in furniture or textile conservation, but also for scholars and students in the other fields of conservation of cultural property and for the curators who work with furniture collections.'
IIC-Japan Newsletter
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
97,97 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-14513-2 (9781135145132)
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Persons
Kathryn GillKathryn (Kate) Gill is Senior Conservator and Lecturer at the Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton. She specialises in the conservation of textiles and upholstery; she also teaches, and supervises postgraduate projects. She has worked on both sides of the Atlantic and has played a key role in developing upholstery conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and in the UK. Her aim has been to enhance the standard of upholstery conservation and documentation, while maintaining craft knowledge and skills. She has published widely, and is co-author (with Sherry Doyal) of the upholstery sections in Conservation of Furniture, edited by Nick Umney (forthcoming). She recently led the Upholstery Conservation Forum and Course at West Dean, Sussex. AMUKIC.
Dinah EastopDinah Eastop is Senior Lecturer at the Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton. She had in-service training in textile conservation with Dr Karen Finch, OBE, FIIC and with Dr Mechtild Flury-Lemberg at the Abegg-Stiftung, Switzerland. She has worked at the Textile Conservation Centre since 1976 as Conservator, Tutor and as Director from 1988 to 1991. She was Assistant Coordinator of the Textiles Working Group of ICOM-CC, 1990-3 and 1996-9, and was elected a Fellow of IIC in 1993. She was an appointed member of the Expert Panel set up by the Museums and Galleries Commission (UK) for Standards in the Museum Care of Costume and Textiles, 1995-8. She is active in developing the scholarly foundations of textile conservation. She is co-author with Dr Agnes Timar-Balazsy of Chemical Principles of Textile Conservation, 1998 and is Deputy Editor of UKIC's journal Tioe Conservator. Her current interests are in material culture, expanding the social sciences base of textile conservation, and promoting practice-based research. AMUKIC
Dinah EastopDinah Eastop is Senior Lecturer at the Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton. She had in-service training in textile conservation with Dr Karen Finch, OBE, FIIC and with Dr Mechtild Flury-Lemberg at the Abegg-Stiftung, Switzerland. She has worked at the Textile Conservation Centre since 1976 as Conservator, Tutor and as Director from 1988 to 1991. She was Assistant Coordinator of the Textiles Working Group of ICOM-CC, 1990-3 and 1996-9, and was elected a Fellow of IIC in 1993. She was an appointed member of the Expert Panel set up by the Museums and Galleries Commission (UK) for Standards in the Museum Care of Costume and Textiles, 1995-8. She is active in developing the scholarly foundations of textile conservation. She is co-author with Dr Agnes Timar-Balazsy of Chemical Principles of Textile Conservation, 1998 and is Deputy Editor of UKIC's journal Tioe Conservator. Her current interests are in material culture, expanding the social sciences base of textile conservation, and promoting practice-based research. AMUKIC
Content
Introduction, Dinah Eastop, Kathryn Gill; Part 1 Object Treatment; Chapter 1 The Ernest Race 'Heron' chair and footstool, designed c.1955, Kathryn Gill; Chapter 2 The Lawrence Alma-Tadema settee, designed c.1884-85, Kathryn Gill; Chapter 3 William Burges' Mermaid chair, c.1870, Sherry Doyal, Dinah Eastop; Chapter 4 Developments in untacked re-upholstery, Derek Balfour, Simon Metcalf, Frances Collard; Chapter 5 Reconciling conservation and interpretation, Nancy C. Britton; Chapter 6 Documentation and conservation of carriage trimming, Nicola Gentle; Chapter 7 Ethafoam (R) treatments for two eighteenth-century French chairs, Elizabeth G. Lahikainen; Chapter 8 Preserving a inid-nineteenth-century decorative scheme, Lesley Wilson; Part 2 Documentation; Chapter 9 Seat furniture at the court of Henry VIII, Maria Hayward; Chapter 10 Eighteenth-century close-fitting detachable covers preserved at Houghton Hall, Kathryn Gill; Chapter 11 Evidence from artefacts and archives, Crosby Stevens;
