UKIC Furniture Section postprints Modern Materials Modern Problems postprints

The postprints of the conference Modern Materials Modern Problems
held by UKIC Furniture Section at the Conservation Centre NMGM
Liverpool on 17 April 1999 are now ready.

The publication is available from:

    United Kingdom Institute for Conservation
    109 The Chandlery
    50 Westminster Bridge Road
    London SE1 7QY,  U.K.
    +44-171-721 8721
    Fax: +44-171-721 8722
    <ukic [at] ukic__org__uk
    <URL:http://www.ukic.org.uk>

Cost 10 Pounds Sterling to non-members and 8 to members Plus postage
and packing: 90p in the UK, UKP1.35 in Europe, UKP2.35 in the rest
of the world.. Orders can be placed by post, telephone, fax or
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Contents

    David Dewing, Curator of the Geffrye Museum,
    Foreword.

    J. Sparkes,
    Composite wood products for furniture manufacture

    Shayne Lang,
    Casein plastic: history, chemistry and manufacture

    Jake Kaner,
    Conserving early plastics found in historic furniture: An
    investigation into their history and manufacture

    Lesley Wilson,
    Foams in upholstered furniture

    Pamela Kirschner,
    Treatment of objects from the Darwin Martin House.

    Sherry Doyal,
    Modern Materials Problems- Oh, sit on it!
    (An introduction to cordage and basketry seating in twentieth
    century furniture using traditional and innovative materials.
    Collaborations between conservation scientists and conservators
    working across disciplines of furnishings and ethnography.
    Remedial treatments are reviewed.  Storage, packaging and
    display are considered.)

    Roger Griffiths
    En Bloc: Art in a Cabinet or a Cabinet as Art.
    (The use and conservation of furniture in 20th Century art)

Dominique Rogers

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