Conservation Concerns: A Guide for Collectors and Curators

by Konstanze Bachmann

Book Overview

Written in accessible, nontechnical language, this book's twenty-three essays provide invaluable conservation guidelines for a variety of materials and media. Focusing also on proper storage... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560981741
• ISBN13: 9781560981749
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

covering conservation concerns

This book is and excellent resource for institutions and collectors, who handle art. Put out by the Smithsonian Institue, the leader in art preservation, it lists how to protect art objects, in terms of: climate control handling, lighting, and general care. The book covers what objects can be damaged by what outside sources, and how to best prevent from enviormental damage, through proper storage techniques. It also gives resources for conservation suppliers and conservation centers.