The restoration of engravings, drawings, books, and other works on paper
By: Max Schweidler ; translated, edited, and with an appendix by Roy Perkinson.
Contributors: Perkinson, Roy L.
Publisher: Getty Conservation Institute
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780892368358
Subjects: Prints -- Conservation and restoration.; Drawing -- Conservation and restoration.; Books -- Conservation and restoration.
Description: "Since its original publication in Germany in 1938, Max Schweidler's Die Instandetzung von Kupferstichen, Zeichnungen, Buchern usw. has been recognized as a seminal modern text on the conservation and restoration of works on paper. To address what he saw as a dearth of relevant literature, the noted German restorer composed a technical manual covering a wide range of specific techniques, including instructions on how to execute structural repairs and alterations that, when skillfully done, are virtually undetectable. This volume, based on the authoritative revised German edition of 1949, makes Schweidler's work available in English for the first time, in a meticulously edited and annotated critical edition. The editor's introduction places the work in its historical context, while some two hundred annotations elucidate the text itself. An appendix presents technical reports on eleven old master prints that underwent repair or other treatment using techniques similar to those Schweidler describes; it complements Schweidler's own text in aiding curators, conservators, and collectors to detect such repairs. There is also a glossary."--
Notes: Translation of: Instandsetzung von Kupferstichen, Zeichnungen, Büchern usw.
Includes bibliographical references and index.