reCollections: Caring for Collections Across Australia has been written by practising conservators and is intended to provide a sound guide for the preventive care of cultural items.
In volume two, Caring for Cultural Material 2, you can find a chapter dedicated to leather conservation.
The topics covered are:
- What is leather?
- What are the most common types of damage?
- Common causes of damage
- Storing and displaying leather
- Treatments
- Cleaning leather
- Lubrication of leather
- Treatments of attached metal fittings
- Summary of conditions for storage and display
- Leather in Australia’s climatic zones
- Skin
- Collagen
- Untanned skin products
- Leather spews
- Additional cleaning methods
- Humidity chamber
- Lubricant formulations
Available at:
http://archive.amol.org.au/recollections/2/2/index.htm
In volume two, Caring for Cultural Material 2, you can find a chapter dedicated to leather conservation.
The topics covered are:
- What is leather?
- What are the most common types of damage?
- Common causes of damage
- Storing and displaying leather
- Treatments
- Cleaning leather
- Lubrication of leather
- Treatments of attached metal fittings
- Summary of conditions for storage and display
- Leather in Australia’s climatic zones
- Skin
- Collagen
- Untanned skin products
- Leather spews
- Additional cleaning methods
- Humidity chamber
- Lubricant formulations
Available at:
http://archive.amol.org.au/recollections/2/2/index.htm