The care & preservation of textiles
By: Karen Finch & Greta Putnam ; foreword by Donald King.
Contributors: Putnam, Greta.; Finch, Karen.
Publisher: LACIS
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Textile fabrics -- Conservation and restoration.; Textile fabrics -- Preservation.
Other titles: Care and preservation of textiles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 138) and index.
Originally published: London : Batsford, c1985.
Based on: Caring for textiles / Karen Finch and Greta Putman. London : Barrie & Jenkins, c1997.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements; title: Foreword by Donald King; title: Introduction; title: 1 Textiles and fibres: A general; title: survey II; title: Fibres; title: Deterioration of textiles; title: Conservation of textiles; title: 2 Volunteers and conservation; title: 3 Colour; title: Colour and light; title: Colour and conservation; title: Colour and display; title: 4 Display and preventive; title: conservation; title: Light; title: Protective housekeeping; title: Atmospheric conditions; title: Textile collections; title: Mounting textiles for framing; title: Types of display and care; title: 5 Storage; title: Safe storage; title: Costumes; title: Smaller items; title: 6 Cleaning; title: Surface cleaning; title: Washing; title: Ironing; title: Stains; title: 7 Tapestries; title: Assessing the condition; title: Taking a tapestry down from a. wall; title: Lining; title: Hanging a tapestry; title: Vacuum cleaning; title: Carpets and rugs; title: 8 Conservation and restoration; title: Attaching the textile to a support; title: Treatment: examples; title: Tapestry and canvas-work; title: Gold work; title: Patchwork; title: Conclusions; title: 9 Equipment and information; title: Tools; title: Equipment; title: Materials; title: Documentation; title: The workroom; title: The conservator; title: Appendix; title: Glossary; title: Societies; title: The Textile Conservation Centre:; title: volunteers and conservation; title: The Textile Conservation Centre:; title: definitions; title: Further reading; title: Stockists; title: U.K.; title: U.S.A.; title: Index.