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The Fabrication and Preservation of Architectural Drawings
by Lois Olcott Price
2010, hardcover, dust jacket, 9 x 11 inches, 432 pages
ISBN 9781584562375, Order No. 96676, $95.00
Co-published with the Winterthur Museum and HES & DE GRAAF; available in Europe from HES & DE GRAAF
Available October 2010
This book explores the materials and techniques used in the fabrication of architectural
drawings while illustrating their evolution from the eighteenth through the
twentieth century. It provides a comprehensive look at both the problems and the
solutions and it is beautifully illustrated with examples from major collections with
extensive source citations. The first three chapters discuss the development of drafting-specific
drawing, detail, and tracing papers and cloths; the changing media and
techniques used in drafting, rendering, and mounting working, detail, and presentation
drawings; the use of drawing instruments and correction and copying methods;
and the introduction, development, and identification of blueprints and other photoreproduction
processes, including the history, chemistry, and working procedure for
each process. The fourth and final chapter includes an introduction to preservation,
collection management, storage, and exhibition specifically for architectural drawings
and photo-reproductions; and descriptions of specific conservation treatments with
an assessment of their appropriateness for different deterioration issues and types of
drawings.
2009, paperback, 8 x 10 inches, 140 pages
ISBN 9781584562160, Order No. 94208, $49.95
Co-published with the New York Botanical Garden
ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOREPRODUCTIONS
A Manual for Identification and Care
by Eléonore Kissel and Erin Vigneau
Second edition, with corrections. This manual is designed for professional conservators,
librarians, private collectors and researchers who want practical, contemporary
insight into preserving architectural plans and drawings. The authors provide
detailed methods for identifying architectural photoreproductions based on visual
examination. The manual discusses twelve distinct processes and offers additional
information on several other methods commonly used in North American architectural
practice from 1860 to approximately 1960. One of the manual’s important
features is the flowchart, an outline using a series of questions leading the reader
to a preliminary identification. Each process is described in a separate chapter with
numerous color illustrations of general and magnified views of select photoreproductions.
Each chapter includes sections on how to identify a print, trade names and
synonyms, the history and use of the printing process, how a print was manufactured,
and degradation and storage considerations. The 54 illustrations, critical for identifying
a document’s state of condition and extent of damage, have been carefully photographed
and checked to ensure correct color representation. Appendices give information
on storage, handling, and exhibition and current methods of reproduction.
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