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The National Trust manual of housekeeping : the care of collections in historic houses open to the public
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- English
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- First edition
- Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2006
- Physical Details
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- x, 941 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 0750655291, 9780750655293
- OCLC
- ocm62329065
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 908-911) and index.
- Introduction / Sarah Staniforth -- The historic house context : the National Trust experience / Christopher Rowell -- History of housekeeping / Madelaine Abey-Koch -- Conservation : principles, practice, and ethics / Sarah Staniforth -- Agents of deterioration / Sarah Staniforth -- Physical agents of deterioration / Helen Lloyd and Katy Lithgow -- Chemical agents of deterioration / Sarah Staniforth, Sophie Julien, and Linda Bullock -- Biological agents of deterioration / Robert Child -- Light as an agent of deterioration / Linda Bullock -- Relative humidity as an agent of deterioration / Sarah Staniforth -- Planning and managing housekeeping / Helen Lloyd and Katy Lithgow -- Housekeeping tasks / Helen Lloyd and Katy Lithgow -- Stonework / Trevor Proudfoot -- Mosaics and decorative tiles / John Stewart, Sandra Davison, and Trevor Proudfoot -- Plasterwork / Trevor Proudfoot -- Painted interiors: wall paintings painted decoration / Katy Lithgow and Christine Sitwell -- Wallpaper / Mark Sandiford and Phillippa Mapes -- Woodwork / Jeremy Capadose -- Floors / Helen Lloyd -- Floor coverings / Helen Lloyd -- Window glass / Alfred Fisher and Helen Lloyd -- Metalwork / Rupert Harris -- Decorative light fittings / Helen Lloyd and Martin Mortimer -- Stone, plaster, and terracotta / Trevor Proudfoot and Sandra Davison -- Ceramics / Helen Lloyd and Christine Daintith -- Glass / Sandra Davison and Patricia Jackson -- Metals / Rupert Harris -- Arms and armour / Rupert Harris -- Clocks and watches / Jonathan Betts -- Scientific instruments / Nigel Seeley -- Musical instruments -- Furniture / Jeremy Capadose -- Gilded and painted wood / Jeremy Capadose and Victoria Marsland -- Lacquer and japanning / Christopher Calnan and Christine Sitwell -- Leather / Christopher Calnan -- Textiles / Caroline Rendell -- Tapestries, carpets, and rugs / Ksynia Marko -- Linens and whitework / Marilyn Dunn-Sixt -- Costume and accessories / Althea Mackenzie and Ann French -- Paper / Andrew Bush and Graeme Storey -- Glazed framework paper and other materials / Andrew Bush and Graeme Story -- Books / Caroline Bendix and Nicolas Pickwood -- Photographs / Anita Bools -- Paintings / Sarah Staniforth -- Portrait miniatures / Alan Derbyshire -- Polychrome sculpture / Christine Sitwell, Katy Lithgow, and Trevor Proudfoot -- Natural history collections / Simon Moore -- World culture collections / Sherry Doyal, Christine Murray, and Linda Shelley -- Archaeological collections / Dean Sully -- Plastics / Nigel Seeley and Vincent Daniels -- Collections outdoors / Helen Lloyd -- Outdoor metals / Rupert Harris -- Outdoor wood / Katy Lithgow -- Vehicles / Frances Jackson and Christopher Nicholson -- Keeping records / Caroline Rendell -- Health and safety / Mark Daniels -- Historic house technology / Tim Martin and Nigel Seeley -- Opening historic houses / Helen Lloyd -- Staffing historic houses / Helen Lloyd -- Storage / Katy Lithgow -- Building work : planning and protection / Katy Lithgow -- Events : planning and protection / Catherine MacCarthy ... [et al.] -- Display cases and exhibitions / Linda Bullock and Fiona Macalister -- Interpreting conservation / Nicky Ingram -- Living in historic houses / Mary Greenacre and Julie Vint -- Transporting objects / Margaret Reid and Sarah Hickey -- Commissioning conservation work / Nigel Seeley