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BL
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| Record Number
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703897
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b526086
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| Title & Author
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The National Trust manual of housekeeping: : the care of collections in historic houses open to the public
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam ;London :: Elsevier,, 2006
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x, 941 p. :: ill ;; 29 cm
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| ISBN
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0750655291
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| Contents
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The historic house contex - The National Trust Experience -- History of housekeeping -- Conservation: principles, practice and ethics -- Agents of deterioration -- Physical agents of deterioration -- Chemical agents of deterioration -- Biological agents of deterioration -- Light as an agent of deterioration -- Relative humidity as an agents of deterioration -- Planning and managing housekeeping -- Housekeeping tasks -- Stonework -- Mosaics and decorative tiles -- Plasterwork -- Painted interiors: Wall painting and painted decoration -- Wallpaper -- Woodwork -- Floors -- Floor coverings -- Window glass -- Metalwork -- Decorative light fittings -- Stone, plaster and terracotta -- Ceramics -- Glass -- Metals -- Arms and armour -- Clocks and watches -- Scientific instruments -- Musical instruments -- Furniture -- Gilded and painted wood -- Lacquer and japanning -- Leather -- Textiles -- Tapestries, carpets and rugs -- Linens and whitework -- Costume and accessories -- Paper -- Glazed framed paper and other materials -- Books -- Photographs -- Paintings -- Portrait miniatures -- Polychrome scupture -- Natural history collections -- World culture collections -- Archaeological collections -- Plastics -- Collections outdoors -- Outdoor stone -- Outdoor metals -- Outdoor wood -- Vehicles -- Keeping records -- Health and safety -- Historic house technology -- Opening historic houses -- Staffing historic houses -- Storage -- Building work: Planning and protection -- Dispaly cases and exhibitions -- Interpreting conservation -- Living in historic houses -- Transporting objects -- Commissioning conservation work
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| Subject
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Historic buildings-- Conservation and restoration
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| Subject
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House furnishings-- Conservation and restoration
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| Added Entry
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National Trust (Great Britain)
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