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Subtitle: the conservation and restoration of arms and armour
By: edited by Robert Douglas Smith.
Contributors: Smith, Robert Douglas.; State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation.
Publisher: Basiliscoe Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Leeds
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780955162206
Subjects: Weapons -- Conservation and restoration.; Armor -- Conservation and restoration.
Other titles: Art Conservation Department Library
Description: Major papers presented October 2002 in Malta at the first ever international conference on the conservation and restoration arms and armour.
Notes: Art Conservation Department Library.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Only skin deep: residual surface coatings on arms and armour / David Starley; title: Historic techniques for the gilding of armour / Kilian Anheuser; title: Crucible steel: production and identification / Ann Feuerbach; title: Metallurgical examination of Viking-age sword blades to reveal their pattern-welding technology / Joachim Kinder, Martin Klein and Christian Segabade; title: Aspects of the conservation and restoration of archaeological arms and armour / Marilyn Hockey and Fleur Shearman; title: The conservation of the Wollaston Anglian helmet / Anthony Read; title: The restoration of the 15th century 'Gothic' equestrian armour in the Wallace Collection, London / David Edge; title: The conservation of armour / Robert Douglas Smith; title: International rescue: an Anglo-Maltese collaboration / Suzanne J Kitto; title: Different approaches to the care of firearms / Alison Draper; title: The storage and maintenance of weapons in the Palace Armoury, Malta, during the 17th and 18th centuries / Stephen C Spiteri; title: The conservation of a gun-shield from the arsenal of Henry VIII. Textiles meets arms & armour; the benefits of a multi-disciplinary research approach / Simon Metcalf, Anthony R E North and Derek Balfour; title: The restoration of medieval painted shields in the Metropolitan Museum / Stuart W Pyhrr; title: The conservation of a Japanese armour / Igor Ravbar; title: The conservation and display of a Japanese armour from the Edo Period / Lasse Mattila; title: A history of arms and armour conservation at the Metropolitan Museum / Stuart W Pyrhh; title: Metals conservation at the Royal Armoury in Stockholm / Lisen Tamm; title: The armourers' chest: looking after armour in the 17th century / Ruth Rhynas Brown; title: Through a glass darkly / Guy M Wilson.