Proceedings of the Furniture and Wooden Objects Symposium
Subtitle: 2-3 July, 1980.
Contributors: Canadian Conservation Institute.; State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation.
Publisher: Canadian Conservation Institute
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ottawa, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Furniture -- Repairing -- Congresses.; Wood -- Preservation -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Art Conservation Department Library
Description: Presentation on furniture and wooden objects, from scientific explanations of the material wood to case histories outlining the state of the art in treatment and restoration.
Notes: Art Conservation Department Library.

Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: value: The anatomy of wood; value: Biodegradation of wood; value: Consolidants for degraded and damaged wood; value: Fire pump consolidation treatment; value: Restoration of a Dutch Bombé commode; value: Stabilization of a Bombé commode end; value: A preliminary report on the properties and stability of wood adhesives; value: Aerosol polishes and paste waxes: a brief examination; value: Some notes on shellacs for French polishing; value: Transparent furniture finishes in New England, 1700-1820; value: Gold leaf conservation; value: The consolidation and restoration of painted and decorative surfaces of two eighteenth-century Philadelphia chairs and settee; value: Conservation of paper linings in wood boxes; value: Conservation of a clock in the style of Boulle; value: Restoration of a prisoner-of-war model ship; value: Ethics in scientific furniture conservation; value: Historical and curatorial aspects of furniture conservation.