Shelley, Marjorie, "The Care and Handling of Art Objects: Practices in The Metropolitan Museum of Art"
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art/N.H.Abrams | 1987 | ISBN: 0870993186/0810910403 | English | PDF | 102 pages | 4.9 Mb
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York houses one of the world's largest and most comprehensive collections of antiquities and works of art. Their preservation is a responsibility that involves everyone who serves the Museum and who has access to the collection. This handbook offers a practical guide to the ways in which different art objects should be handled and cared for, whether they are on display, in transit, or in storage; and it also explains some of the fundamental principles of conservation that underlie Museum practice. …