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" X-radiography of textiles, dress and related objects / "
Sonia O'Connor, Mary M. Brooks.
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BL
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1028930
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b783300
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O'Connor, Sonia A.
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X-radiography of textiles, dress and related objects /\ Sonia O'Connor, Mary M. Brooks.
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Amsterdam ;London :: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann,, 2007.
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Butterworth-Heinemann series in conservation and museology
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xix, 336 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 25 cm.
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0750666323
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: 9380931921
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: 9780750666329
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: 9789380931920
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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X-radiography of textile objects reveals hidden features as well as unexpected components and materials. This book looks at the techniques used in X-raying textiles, showing how digitisation and digital image manipulation can yield maximum information about the subject.
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Expertising, X-ray.
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Museum conservation methods.
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Radiography in archaeology.
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Textile fabrics-- Radiography.
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Expertising, X-ray.
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Museum conservation methods.
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Radiography in archaeology.
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| Dewey Classification
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069.53
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NK8804.5.O266 2007
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Brooks, Mary M.
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