TY  - BOOK
AU  - Oosten,Thea
AU  - Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed
TI  - PUR Facts: Conservation of Polyurethane Foam in Art and Design 
T2  - RCE Publications
SN  - 9789089642103
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Amsterdam : 
PB  - Amsterdam University Press, 
KW  - ART
KW  - History, Art History, and Archaeology
KW  - ART / History / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Flexible Polyurethane, art, design, conservation
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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 presents an in-depth examination of the challenges presented by PUR foams; the case studies of preservation of two works by the artist Piero Gilardi; and a manual on preparing and applying a light stabilizing system that can protect new PUR foams from degrading and restore the flexibility of old foams
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048512072?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048512072
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048512072/original
ER  -