Caring for Your Collections
Books / Hardcover
Books › Antiques & Collectibles › Care & Restoration
ISBN: 0810931745 / Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, April 1992
Outlines the routine care and preventive maintenance of paintings, furniture, musical instruments, textiles, and other collectibles
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A comprehensive, practical care guide aimed at the average person who collects. Noted authorities in their fields offer their advice and philosophies about caring for art and other collectibles (including paper, photographs, books, manuscripts, stamps, furniture, textiles, ceramics and glass, metal, stone, musical instruments, and ethnographic objects such as baskets and masks), concentrating on preventive maintenance, how to watch for damage, and how to obtain professional help when damage does occur. The 118 illustrations, 50 in color, provide specific examples of materials and their properties, safe and unsafe practices, and "before and after" treatments of damaged objects. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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