Conservation of Twentieth-Century Furniture

<p><i>Conservation of Twentieth-Century Furniture </i>provides comprehensive and accessible coverage of the materials and techniques that are encountered in furniture of this century.</p><p>After putting the design manufacture and conservation of twentieth-century furniture into context the volume then offers an A-Z of materials organised into 12 chapters. Within each chapter a wide variety of material types are discussed observed analysed and contextualised and a list of further sources is provided. The furniture discussed in this book ranges from designer craftsman individually made pieces to factory-produced batch items and includes cabinet work decoration surface finishes and upholstery observing the traditional repertoire of materials as well as innovative materials and processes introduced over the course of this century. Following the material chapters the book also includes brief case studies that illustrate some examples of twentieth-century furniture conservation with a focus on metal plastic and wood.</p><p><i>Conservation of Twentieth-Century Furniture</i> is the primary resource for those working on the manufacture history and care of furniture of this period including conservators curators dealers and collectors.</p>