Scientific Analysis of Ancient and Historic Textiles: Informing preservation, display and interpretation
Scientific Analysis of Ancient and Historic Textiles: Informing preservation, display and interpretation
Papers in this volume cover various aspects of the deterioration of textiles and the different scientific techniques that can be applied to investigate the characteristics of historic textiles, their fibres, dyes etc. The authors include textile, paper and painting conservators, conservation scientists, chemists, archaeologists, engineers, biochemists and a zoologist.
This is the first of a series of three volumes of papers emanating from the conferences of the AHRC Research Centre for Textile Conservation and Textile Studies, Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton. The themes for the succeeding volumes are, respectively:
'The future of the 20th Century: Collecting, Interpreting and Conserving Modern Materials' and 'Textiles and Text: Re-establishing the links between archival and object-based research'.
scientific analysis, historic textiles, textile conservation
1873132794
Wyeth, Paul
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Janaway, Rob
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1 August 2005
Wyeth, Paul
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Janaway, Rob
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Wyeth, Paul and Janaway, Rob
(eds.)
(2005)
Scientific Analysis of Ancient and Historic Textiles: Informing preservation, display and interpretation
,
vol. 1,
London, UK.
Archetype Publications, 266pp.
Abstract
Papers in this volume cover various aspects of the deterioration of textiles and the different scientific techniques that can be applied to investigate the characteristics of historic textiles, their fibres, dyes etc. The authors include textile, paper and painting conservators, conservation scientists, chemists, archaeologists, engineers, biochemists and a zoologist.
This is the first of a series of three volumes of papers emanating from the conferences of the AHRC Research Centre for Textile Conservation and Textile Studies, Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton. The themes for the succeeding volumes are, respectively:
'The future of the 20th Century: Collecting, Interpreting and Conserving Modern Materials' and 'Textiles and Text: Re-establishing the links between archival and object-based research'.
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Published date: 1 August 2005
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scientific analysis, historic textiles, textile conservation
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ISBN: 1873132794
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