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Conservation of Furniture (Conservation and Museology)
Author(s): Nick Umney (Author), Shayne Rivers (Author)
- Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
- Publication Date: 2 Sept. 2003
- Language: English
- Print length: 840 pages
- ISBN-10: 0750609583
- ISBN-13: 9780750609586
Book Description
This book is a comprehensive resource covering the principles and practice of the conservation and restoration of furniture, and other decorative art objects made wholly or partly of wood. It integrates theory with practice to show the principles which govern interaction between wooden objects, the environmental and 3conservation treatments and the factors which need to be taken into account to arrive at acceptable solutions to conservation problems. The practical knowledge and experience of a team of conservators active in the field are bought together with theoretical and reference material from diverse sources and unified within a systematic framework. Specialist conservators from related disciplines cover diverse materials often incorporated into furniture. This unique text provides information and guidance on the full range of a professional furniture conservator’s work. You can benefit from the knowledge of an international team of experts. The comprehensive coverage of methodology is applicable to a wide variety of circumstances.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Published in the familiar black, hard cover format of the BH collection on conservation, this book is truly the jewel in the crown of that series. .a remarkable source of information on everything I always wanted to know, From the history of furniture and conservation to the mixing of isinglass and the cleaning of marble and if I want to know more, the extensive bibliographies at the end of each section will tell me where to go. If I owned only one book this would be the one. Not only is it comprehensive, it is also eminently enjoyable to read.” Conservation News “The book contains over 800 pages covering every aspect of furniture design and construction and probably every material used throughout the very full history of furniture making, conservation and restoration.I believe this book should be essential reading in all college courses on furniture restoration and that every professional furniture conservator-restorer should have a copy readily to hand.” British Antique Furniture Restores Association Newsletter
About the Author
Shayne Rivers trained in traditional cabinetmaking and finishing, followed by a further four years training in furniture restoration. In 1998, she graduated from the Victoria &Albert Museum/Royal College of Art joint Conservation Programme with an M.A. in Furniture Conservation, having specialised in the conservation of painted, japanned and lacquered surfaces. Soon after graduating she was appointed to her present position as a Senior Furniture Conservator at the V&A. After 11 years working in biological sciences and part time furniture making Nick Umney re-trained as a furniture conservator at the ripe old age of 29. He then spent some ten years working as a senior furniture conservator at the V&A, before moving into a management role as Assistant Head of Department. He was seconded to be the Museum Project Manager for the British Galleries Project at the V&A from 1997- 2001 before taking on the role of Director of the Collections Services Division which he now occupies.
