Conservation of twentieth-century furniture

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Kaner, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-7946-7433 and Edwards, C., 2024. Conservation of twentieth-century furniture. Routledge Series in Conservation and Museology . Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9780750656023

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780080939513

Abstract

Conservation of Twentieth-Century Furniture provides comprehensive and accessible coverage of the materials and techniques that are encountered in furniture of this century.

After putting the design, manufacture and conservation of twentieth-century furniture into context, the volume then offers an A-Z of materials organised into 12 chapters. Within each chapter a wide variety of material types are discussed, observed, analysed and contextualised, and a list of further sources is provided. The furniture discussed in this book ranges from designer craftsman, individually made pieces, to factory-produced batch items, and includes cabinet work, decoration, surface finishes and upholstery, observing the traditional repertoire of materials, as well as innovative materials and processes introduced over the course of this century. Following the material chapters, the book also includes brief case studies that illustrate some examples of twentieth-century furniture conservation, with a focus on metal, plastic and wood.

Conservation of Twentieth-Century Furniture is the primary resource for those working on the manufacture, history and care of furniture of this period, including conservators, curators, dealers and collectors.

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Authored book

Creators:

Kaner, J. and Edwards, C.

Publisher:

Routledge

Place of Publication:

Abingdon

Date:

11 October 2024

ISBN:

9780750656023