The Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art. Treatment, Repair and Restoration. Oxford University Press, 1974. A standard and long lived text on the restoration and conservation of art and artifacts. Includes chapters on skin, parchment and paper, textiles, wood, ivory and bone, easel paintings, metals, stone, ceramics, glass.
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A compendium of very useful information on the handling, appraisal of condition, cleaning, storage, and house-keeping for antiques. There are chapters on armor, ceramics, clocks, glass, jewelery, leather, metals, fossils, minerals, taxidermy, paints, paper, textiles, wood, etc. Of Chicago, 1987. Near Fine 559 pp., with numerous illus. and drawings. A remarkable resource covering diverse aspects of the manufacture of pottery, its history, materials, firing, the economics of production and distribution, form and function, style, physical and mechanical and thermal properties, dating and chemical analysis.