Series editors' preface - Wood Tools

778 Conservation of Furniture
16.2 Plastics
Blank, S. (1988) Practical answers to plastic problems, in
Modern Organic Materials Meeting, Conference
Preprints, SSCR, pp. 115–21
Blank, S. (1990) An introduction to plastics and rubbers in
collections, Studies in Conservation, 35(2), 53–63
Blomquist, R.F., Christiansen, A.W., Gillespie, R.H. and
Myers, G.E. (eds) (1983) Adhesive Bonding of Wood and
Other Structural Materials, Pennsylvania State University
Press
Braun, D. (1982) Simple Methods for the Identification of
Plastic, Carl Hanser Verlag
Brydson, J.A. (1995) Plastics Materials, Butterworth-
Heinemann
Coxon, H. (1993) Practical pitfalls in the identification of
plastics, in D. Grattan (ed.), Saving the Twentieth
Century: The Conservation of Modern Materials,
Conference Proceedings, CCI/Communications Canada,
pp. 395–410
Fenn, J. (1993) Labelling plastic artefacts, in D. Grattan
(ed.), Saving the Twentieth Century: The Conservation of
Modern Materials, Conference Proceedings, CCI/
Communications Canada, pp. 341–50
Grattan, D. (ed.) (1993) Saving the Twentieth Century: The
Conservation of Modern Materials Conference
Proceedings, CCI/Communications Canada
Katz, S. (1986) Early Plastics, Shire Publications
Morgan, J. (1991) The Conservation of Plastics,
Conservation Unit/Plastics Historical Society
Mossman, S. (1988) Simple methods of identifying plastics,
in Modern Organic Materials Meeting, Conference
Preprints, SSCR, pp. 41–45
Mossman, S.T.I. and Morris, P.J.T. (1994) The Development
of Plastics, Royal Society of Chemists
Quye, A. and Williamson, C. (eds) (1999) Plastics:
Collecting and Conserving, NMS Publishing
Sale, D. (1988) The effect of solvents on four plastics found
in museum collections, in Modern Organic Materials
Meeting, Conference Preprints, SSCR, pp. 105–14
Shashoua, Y. and Thomsen, S. (1993) A field trial for the use
of Ageless in the preservation of rubber in museum collections,
in D. Grattan (ed.), Saving the Twentieth Century:
The Conservation of Modern Materials, Conference
Proceedings, CCI/Communications Canada, pp. 363–72
van Oosten, T.B. (1999) Identifying plastics: analytical
methods, in A. Quye and C. Williamson (eds), Plastics:
Collecting and Conserving, NMS Publishing, pp. 70–83
Ward, C. and Shashoua, Y. (1999) Interventive conservation
treatments for plastics and rubber artefacts in The
British Museum, in ICOM Committee for Conservation,
Preprints 11th Triennial Meeting, Edinburgh, pp. 888–93
Williamson, C. (1999) Identifying plastics: physical clues
and simple analysis, in A. Quye and C. Williamson (eds),
Plastics: Collecting and Conserving, NMS Publishing, pp.
55–69
16.3 Upholstery
Balfour, D., Metcalf, S. and Collard, F. (1999) The first nonintrusive
upholstery treatment at the Victoria and Albert
Museum, The Conservator, 23, 22–9
Bott, G. (1990) Amylase for starch removal from a set of
seventeenth century embroidered panels, The
Conservator, 14, 23–29
Britton, N. (1994) Basket cases: two upholstery treatments
composed of plant materials, in AIC Textile Specialty
Group, Conference Postprints, pp. 27–38
Brooks, M., Eastop, D., Hillyer, L. and Lister, A. (1995)
Supporting fragile textiles: the evolution of choice, in
Linings and Backings: The Support of Paintings, Paper
and Textiles, UKIC Conference Postprints, pp. 5–13
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (1926) The
Cleaning and Restoration of Museum Exhibits, HMSO,
London
Doyal, S. (1999) Modern materials problems– Oh, sit on it!,
in D. Rogers and G. Marley (eds), Modern Materials
Modern Problems, UKIC Conference Postprints
Florian, M.L., Norton, R. and Kronkright, D. (1990) The
Conservation of Artifacts Made from Plant Material,
Getty Conservation Unit
French, A. (ed.). (1990) Conservation of Furnishing
Textiles, SSCR Conference Postprints
Gill, K. and Eastop, D. (2001) Upholstery Conservation:
Principles and Practice, Butterworth-Heinemann
James, D. (1990) Upholstery – A Complete Course, The
Guild of Master Craftsman Publications, UK
Landi, S. (1992) The Textile Conservator’s Manual, 2nd edn,
Butterworth-Heinemann
Leach, M. (1995) Blickling Mortlake tapestry – adhesive
removal treatment, in K. Marko (ed.), Textiles in Trust,
Archetype Books, London, pp. 176–78
Nylander, C.F. (1990) Fabrics for Historic Buildings,
Preservation Press
Sheetz, R. (1989) Conservation of Russian artifact from
Sitka, Alaska, in AIC Wooden Artifacts Group
Conference, Cincinnati
Smith, A. (1983) Scotchguard, Unpublished internal report,
The Textile Conservation Centre, UK
Stokes, J. (1852) The Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer’s
Companion, Philadelphia
Thorp, V. (1990) Imitation leather: structure, composition
and conservation, Leather Conservation News, 6(2), 7–15
Trupin, D. and Moore, M. (1990) The restoration of the
Mills Mansion State Historic Site: a holistic approach to
conservation and restoration of upholstery and furnishing
fabrics, in M. Williams (ed.), Upholstery
Conservation, American Conservation Consortium
Symposium Preprints
White, A. (1993) On the rack, Woodworker Magazine
Williams, M. (ed.) (1990) Upholstery Conservation,
American Conservation Consortium Symposium
Preprints
16.4 Leather, parchment and shagreen
Bennett, M. (1990) Discovering and Restoring Antique
Furniture, Cassell
Cains, A. (1992) The Vellum of the Book of Kells, The
Paper Conservator, 16, 50–61
Calnan, C. (ed.) (1991) Conservation of Leather in
Transport Collections, UKIC
Calnan, C. and Haines, B. (1991) Leather: Its Composition
and Changes with Time, Leather Conservation Centre,
UK
Clarkson, C. (1992) Rediscovering parchment: the nature of
the beast, The Paper Conservator, 16, 5–26
de Hamel, C. (1992) Scribes and Illuminators, British
Museum