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Explores the potential of X-radiography as a tool for the characterization, condition assessment and study of ancient, historic, and contemporary textiles, and hence, to aid conservation decision making and curatorial studies.
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Radiography in archaeology, Museum conservation methods, Radiography, Textile fabrics, Expertising, X-ray, Textiles et tissus, Radiographie, Radiographie en archéologie, Expertise par rayons X., Musées, Méthodes de conservation, TRAVEL, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Museum Administration & Museology, REFERENCE, GeneralEdition | Availability |
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X-radiography of textiles, dress and related objects
2007, Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann
in English
0750666323 9780750666329
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Table of Contents
1: Textile X-radiography
Introduction / Sonia O'Connor and Mary M. Brooks
Principles of X-radiography / Sonia O'Connor
High definition X-radiography of textiles: methods and approaches / Sonia O'Connor
Textile X-radiography and digital imaging / Sonia O'Connor and Jason Maher
Image interpretation / Sonia O'Connor
Assessing the risks of X-radiography to textiles / Sonia O'Connor with a contribution on DNA by Jason Maher
Radiation safety / Graham Hart
2: Exploring the X-radiographic features of textile objects / Sonia O'Connor and Mary M. Brooks
Materials
Threads, fabrics and construction techniques
Surface decoration
Makers and making, degradation and repair
3: Case studies
Introduction / Mary M. Brooks and Sonia O'Connor
Evaluating X-radiography as a tool for examining upholstered furniture / Kathryn Gill
The use of X-radiography in the Textile Conservation Laboratory, Opificio delle Pietro Dure, Florence: methodological, technical and research approaches towards a non-invasive investigative technique / Susanna Conti and Alfredo Aldrovandi
The role of X-radiography in the documentation and investigation of an eighteenth century multi-layered stomacher / Gabriella Barbieri
Hidden Structures: the use of X-radiography in the Fashion Gallery at Snibston discovery park, Leicestershire / Clare Bowyer
X-radiography of a knitted silk stocking with metal thread embroidery / Sonia O'Connor, Mary M. Brooks and Josie Sheppard
A chalice veil rediscovered / Sonia O'Connor and Mary M. Brooks
The use of X-radiography in the analysis and conservation documentation of a set of seventeenth century hanging wall pockets / Mary M. Brooks and Sonia O'Connor
'In needle works there doth great knowledge rest': the contribution of X-radiography to the understanding of seventeenth century English embroideries from the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology, Oxford / Mary M. Brooks and Sonia O'Connor
X-radiography of dolls and toys / Mary M. Brooks, Sonia O'Connor and Josie Sheppard
X-radiography of teddy bears and other textile artefacts at the Victoria & Albert Museum / Marion Kite
X-radiography of patchwork and quilts / Mary M. Brooks, Sonia O'Connor and Josie Sheppard
Revealing the layers: the X-radiography of eighteenth century shoes at Hampshire County Council Museums and Archives Service / Sarah Howard and Robert Holmes
The contribution of X-radiography to the conservation and study of textile/leather composite archaeological footwear recovered from the Norwegian Arctic / Elizabeth E. Peacock
Controlled lifting and X-radiography of gold threads from ancient archaeological textiles / Elizabeth Barham
X-radiography of ethnographic objects at the Horniman Museum / Louis Bacon
The use of X-radiography in the conservation treatment and reinterpretation of an incomplete musette / Sylvie François
X-radiographic examination of a historic mannequin on display in Edinburgh, Castle, Scotland / David Starley and Fiona Cahill
X-radiography of Rembrandt's paintings on canvas / Ernst van de Wetering Précis by Mary M. Brooks and Sonia O'Connor.
Edition Notes
Art Conservation Department Library.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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