Conservation skills
Subtitle: judgement, method, and decision making
By: Chris Caple.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Antiquities -- Collection and preservation.; Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration.; Cultural property -- Protection.; Historic preservation.
Description: "In his work Conservation Skills Chris Caple provides an overview of the issues facing conservators of historical and artistic works. This extensive work not only describes the nature of conservation but also provides an ethical framework to which the conservation of objects as diverse as 'old masters' to the ephemera of the twentieth century can be related."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-222) and index.