Softcover
1988 · Marina del Rey
by Selwitz, Charles
Marina del Rey: The Getty Research Institute, 1988. Softcover. VG- (Contents Fine; very light cover wear; lovely, small, personal bookplate inside front cover). Grey/slate wraps. 68 pp. with charts and chemical compound diagrams. Volume 2 in The Getty Research Institute's Research in Conservation series. Contents includes: The use of cellulose nitrate in art conservation -- The structural chemistry of commercial cellulose nitrate -- Causes of instability -- Cellulose nitrate stability at ambient conditions -- The use of cellulose nitrate as an adhesive for ceramics -- The use of cellulose nitrate as a metals coating.
(Inventory #: 158240)