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Restoration : is it acceptable? / edited by Andrew Oddy.

Contributor(s): Oddy, W. A | British Museum. Department of ConservationMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Occasional paper (British Museum) ; no. 99.Publication details: London : British Museum, Dept. of Conservation, 1994. Description: ii, 169 p. : ill. (some col) ; 30 cmISBN: 0861590996 (pbk)Subject(s): Museum conservation methods -- Congresses | Art -- Conservation and restoration -- Congresses | RepairDDC classification: 069.53 LOC classification: AM141 | .R47 1994
Contents:
Restoration, is it acceptable? / Andrew Oddy -- Restoring what wasn't there: reconsideration of the eighteenth-century restorations to the Landsdowne Herakles in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum / Jerry Podany -- Objects as systems / Suzanna Keene -- Clocks and watches, a re-appraisal? / Francis Brodie -- Changing taste in the restoration of paintings / David Bomford -- Restoration of art on paper in the West / Joanna Kosek -- Is wall painting restoration a representation of the original or a reflection of contemporary fashion? / Heinz Leitner and Stephen Paine.
Conservation and restoration of miniatures / L.E. Fleming -- Restoration: acceptable to whom? / Tiamat Molina and Marie Pincemin -- Gilt-wood restoration: when is it acceptable? / Colin Jenner -- A constant approach to a mixed collection / Jonathan Ashley-Smith -- The care of rugs and carpets / Sharon Manitta.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 38 - Main Room 		G2d ODDY 17492 Not for loan BOOKS*00000002687

Papers originally presented at a symposium on restoration.

Includes bibliographical references.

Restoration, is it acceptable? / Andrew Oddy -- Restoring what wasn't there: reconsideration of the eighteenth-century restorations to the Landsdowne Herakles in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum / Jerry Podany -- Objects as systems / Suzanna Keene -- Clocks and watches, a re-appraisal? / Francis Brodie -- Changing taste in the restoration of paintings / David Bomford -- Restoration of art on paper in the West / Joanna Kosek -- Is wall painting restoration a representation of the original or a reflection of contemporary fashion? / Heinz Leitner and Stephen Paine.

Conservation and restoration of miniatures / L.E. Fleming -- Restoration: acceptable to whom? / Tiamat Molina and Marie Pincemin -- Gilt-wood restoration: when is it acceptable? / Colin Jenner -- A constant approach to a mixed collection / Jonathan Ashley-Smith -- The care of rugs and carpets / Sharon Manitta.