AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSERVATION OF WORKS OF ART ON PAPER FOR THE NON-SPECIALIST
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSERVATION OF WORKS OF ART ON PAPER FOR THE NON-SPECIALIST
Loading...
Issue Date
1980
Authors
Thompson, Barbara W.
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
The philosophy of paper conservation has its complexities, but in simplest terms, conservation implies the maintenance of valuable artifacts in a stable condition where deterioration is arrested and future decay is avoided or kept to a minimum. There are two aspects to conservation in its specialized sense, as stated by the distinguished editors of the Butterworth Series on Conservation in the Arts, Archaeology, and Architecture, who have been involved for the past thirty years in the process of arriving at definitions and setting international standards.
The large museum, national library or science academy usually has scientifically trained conservators on its staff to oversee the physical well-being of its collections. The person in charge of the smaller institution whose staff, if any, consists of non-technical and often volunteer personnel, must know not only how to evaluate and deal with the collection esthetically or historically, but physically as well. The concern of this thesis is the physical aspect, presented in two parts: Part I, a handbook on conservation for the non-specialist, and, Part II, case study examples applying the principles in Part I.