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An internship in the conservation of paper

This dissertation is an account of an internship in paper
conservation undertaken at the Auckland City Art Gallery
during the period July 1982 to March 1983.
It opens with a description of the organisation and
functions of the gallery, with particular reference to
its management, staffing, financing, displays and
acquisition procedures.
This is followed, in Part 2, by a general account of the
conservation department, its history, staffing, laboratory
and tasks.
Part 3 details all the conservation work undertaken during
the period of internship. It describes the various
techniques and procedures employed and the results achieved
or observed. It contains a list of 119 objects treated
followed by 26 case studies to illustrate the problems
encountered and the action taken. It also includes a
list of the equipment and materials used.
Set out in Part 4 are details of conservation laboratories
visited in Wellington.
Part 5, after a brief description of conservation services
in Christchurch and Dunedin, details the activities of the
Interim Committee for the Conservation of Cultural Property
and the principal recommendations contained in a report
submitted by Dr Nathan Stolow, a conservation consultant
engaged by the Interim Committee. This is followed by a
report on the New Zealand Conservators' Meeting which took
place in Wellington in March 1983.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219312
Date January 1983
CreatorsSeager, Christopher Philipp, n/a
PublisherUniversity of Canberra. Applied Science
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Rights), Copyright Christopher Philipp Seager

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