STEP Leather Project
Subtitle: evaluation of the correlation between natural and artificial ageing of vegetable tanned leather and determination of parameters for standardization of an artificial ageing method
By: [edited by René Larsen with assistance from Marie Vest and Ulla Bøgvad Kejser]
Contributors: Larsen, René; Vest, Marie; Kejser, Ulla Bøgvad; Konservatorskolen (Copenhagen, Denmark); European Commission. Directorate-General XII, Science, Research, and Development
Series: Protection and conservation of European cultural heritage research report -- no. 1; Research report (European Commission. Directorate-General XII, Science, Research, and Development) -- no. 1.
Publisher: Bjarnholt Repro
Published: 1994
Place of publication: København
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9788789730011
Subjects: Leather; Conservation and restoration; Leather bindings (Bookbinding); Leder; Techniek
Notes: At head of title: European Commission, Directorate-General for Science, Research and Development.

"©The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Conservation"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Materials / René Larsen, Marie Vest and Christopher Calnan; title: Ageing experiments CRCDG / Claire Chahine; title: Ageing experiments LCC / Roy Thomson and Tony Lochmuller; title: Amino acid analysis / René Larsen, Marie Vest, Kurt Nielsen and Arne L. Jensen; title: The possible link between the collagen sequence and structure and it's oxidative deterioration pattern / René Larsen; title: GC/MS analysis of degradation products / Pascale Richardin and Serge Copy; title: Analysis of the isoelectric focusing patterns of naturally and artificially aged leathers / Henk J. Porck and Sophia Paul; title: Tannin and ion analysis of naturally and artificially aged leathers / Jan Wouters; title: Moisture uptake/release and chemical analysis / Pieter B. Hallebeek; title: DSC analysis / Claire Chahine and Christine Rottier; title: Standard chemical and physical analysis / Roy Thomson and Tony Lochmuller; title: Determination of hydrothermal stability (shrinkage temperature) / René Larsen, Marie Vest and Kurt Nielsen; title: Summary, discussion and conclusion / René Larsen.