Notice catalographique « Reversibility - does it exist? »

• Oddy, Andrew, ed.
• British Museum

Contents:

DOES REVERSIBILITY EXIST IN CONSERVATION?
Andrew Oddy

DRAWING THE LINE-REVERSIBILITY AND COMPROMISE IN THE CONSERVATION OF ARMS AND ARMOUR
Robert D. Smith

IREVERSIBILITY AN OPTION WHEN CONSERVING INDUSTRIAL COLLECTIONS?
Peter M. Meehan

RESTORATION OR REPAIR? THE DILEMMA OF ANCIENT SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Paolo Brenni

UNDERSTANDING REVERSIBILITY IN NATURAL SCIENCE COLLECTIONS
Caroline Buttler

BACK TO PLASTICS
Yvonne Shashoua

PLASTIC SURGERY: CONSERVATION TREATMENTS FOR FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE
Thea B. van Oosten

FOAMS: FROM FACE-LIFT TO DONATING THE CORPSE TO SCIENCE
Thea B. van Oosten

VOLATILE BINDING MEDIA-USEFUL TOOLS FOR CONSERVATION
Elisabeth Jägers and Erhard Jägers

RESTORATION - A KALEIDOSCOPE THROUGH HISTORY
Hiltrud Schinzel

IMPERFECT REVERSIBILITY IN PAPER CONSERVATION
Vincent Daniels

QUESTIONS OF REVERSIBILITY IN THE CONSERVATION OF PAINTINGS ON CANVAS
Paul Ackroyd and David Bornford

ASPECTS OF REVERSIBILITY IN TRANSFERRED WALL PAINTINGS
Isabelle Brajer

MATERIALS FOR WALL PAINTINGS CONSERVATION: CHANGE OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES, AGEING EFFECTS, AND REVERSIBILITY
Luigi Dei, Piero Baglioni and Marcello Mauro

TREATMENT OF PREVIOUSLY DEACIDIFIED PAPER ARTIFACTS
Elissa O'Loughlin and Anne Witty

REVERSIBILITY IN THE RESTORATION OF STONE ARTEFACTS: REAL POSSIBILITIES AND OBJECTIVE LIMITS
Annamaria Giusti

REVERSIBILITY: A QUESTIONABLE PHILOSOPHY
Richard D. Smith

ACCESS AS A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO COMPROMISE IN CONSERVATION-TREATMENT DECISIONS
Karen L. Pavelka

SWELLING AS AN INDICATOR OF REMOVABILITY
Jane L. Down

REVERSIBILITY-POLITICS AND ECONOMICS
Jonathan Ashley-Smith

OPACITY CONTRARIWISE: THE REVERSIBILITY OF DETERIORATED SURFACES ON VESSEL GLASS
Sandra Smith

REVERSIBILITY - MYTH AND MIS-USE
Leslie Charteris

THE SEARCH FOR AN IDEAL: REVERSABILITY IN CERAMIC CONSERVATION
Alice Boccia Paterakis

REVERSIBILITY: THE THINKING BEHIND THE WORD
Robert Barclay

REVERSIBILITY - ACHIEVABLE GOAL OR ILLUSION
Nigel J. Seeley

MUSEUM CHANGES TO FIRST NATIONS OBJECTS, AND THEIR PHYSICAL AND CONCEPTUAL REVERSIBILITY
Miriam Clavir

HOW GREATER KNOWLEDGE OF AN OBJECT CAN AFFECT AN ASSESSMENT OF THE REVERSIBILITY OF PREVIOUS TREATMENTS
Helen Murdina Hughes

REVERSIBILITY: DEALING WITH A GHOST
Sergio Palazzi

• Art objects - Conservation and restoration
• Museum conservation methods
• Objets d'art - Conservation et restauration
• Musées - Méthodes de conservation