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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: RCE PublicationsPublisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (128 p.) : 50 color platesContent type:
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  • 9789089642103
  • 9789048512072
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9789048512072

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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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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