Textile Conservation Symposium in Honor of Pat Reeves 1. February 1986
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 82 (1)pp. Original burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped illustration and lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Gray endpapers. Illustrated title page. "Twelve papers were presented during the Symposium... presented here in written form, represent to a large extent pat Reeves' interests and involvement in conservation over the course of her career" (Piet Meyers). Among others topics the papers cover "Coloring of Figures on a Paracas Mantle" by Anne Paul, "Analysis of Des in Museum Textiles" by Max Saltzman, "Textiles and Time Travel: An Expanded Definition of Textile Conservation" by Patricia Rieff Anawalt, Conservation and Mounting of a Large Mughal Textile" by Catherine C. McLean, and "Conservation of Embroidered Samplers" by Nancy C. Wyatt. Illustrated with instructive b/w photographs, some in color, and diagrams throughout. Binding with minor wear along edges and some rubbing. Binding in overall very good, interior in near fine condition. vg to near fine. Item #38344
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