PUR Facts : : Conservation of Polyurethane Foam in Art and Design /

PUR Facts : : Conservation of Polyurethane Foam in Art and Design / / Thea Oosten.

Flexible Polyurethane (PUR) foams have been used since the 1950s in textiles and furniture upholsteries, and in art and design objects that can now be found in museum collections. Composed from “short-life” consumer materials, these objects present severe conservation problems as they age. This book...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Oosten, Thea,
MitwirkendeR:
Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:RCE Publications
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Physical Description:1 online resource (128 p.) :; 50 color plates
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Polyurethanes, manufacture and applications
  • 2. Chemistry, properties and degradation
  • 3. History of polyurethane foam conservation
  • 4. Ageing behaviour of polyurethane foam
  • 5. Assessing the condition of polyurethane foam
  • 6. Case studies
  • Acknowledgements
  • Glossary
  • General information
  • Bibliography

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