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GENERAL CONSERVATION
ARTICLES
Formulae for conservators
ARCHITECTURE
Caring for architecture
BASKETS
How to display, clean and care for your basket collection - by Basket
Makers
BOTTLES
Cleaning and caring for historic bottles - by The Pennsylvania Bottle Diggers
CANING
Chair caning, rush
and splint seat weaving
Cane furniture
care and maintenance
CERAMICS
/ PORCELAIN / GLASS
Ceramic restoration & conservation
Preservation of glass & ceramics
CLOCKS &
WATCHES
Repair
and conservation of clocks & watches
DOLL & BEAR REPAIR
Full service doll
and bear repair facility
GiGi's Doll Hospital - Northwest Chicago
Shirleys Dollhouse - Wheeling, Illinois
EPHEMERA
Definitions of conservation terminology
Mold and mildew: prevention of microorganism growth in
museum collections
Paper degradation by air pollution
Books have the same enemies as people: fire, animals,
weather and their own content
Paper related damages
Damage to book covers
Foxing ( foxmarks )
Care, handling and storage of books
Leather dressing
IVORY
Cleaning and repairing ivory
Storage and handling of ivory
Identifying different types of ivory
JEWELRY
Caring for antique jewelry
Tips for cleaning antique jewelry
Jewelry storage & care
LEATHER
The degradation and conservation of leather
MARBLE
Conserving a carrara marble statue
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Modern techniques for the nondestructive examination of
musical instruments
ORIENTAL RUGS
Detecting
frauds & repairs
with ultraviolet light
PAINTINGS
Caring for your paintings
Conservation
& restoration tips for paintings
PHOTOGRAPHY
Care
& conservation of old photographs
Guide to preservation matting and framing
POSTER PRESERVATION
Movie
poster preservation
TEXTILES
Caring for textiles
Caring for antique quilts
UPHOLSTERY
Low-interventive upholstery conservation
WICKER
Wicker repair and
restoration
Wicker
furniture care and cleaning
WOOD
Cleaning natural resin varnishes - by Dare
Hartwell
The "club soda formula"
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