CONSERVATION JOURNAL OCTOBER 1991 ISSUE 1
A Review of Evaluation of Cellulose Ethers for
Conservation
Alan Derbyshire Senior Conservator, Paper Section
Jane Rutherston Contract Conservator, Books Section, Conservation Department
In 1990 The Getty...
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CONSERVATION JOURNAL OCTOBER 1991 ISSUE 1
A Review of Evaluation of Cellulose Ethers for
Conservation
Alan Derbyshire Senior Conservator, Paper Section
Jane Rutherston Contract Conservator, Books Section, Conservation Department
In 1990 The Getty Conservation Institute published Evaluation of Cellulose Ethers for Conservation by
R.
L.
Feller & M.
Wilt.
This study was carried out by the Research Center on the Materials of the Artist
& Conser-vator, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, through a contract from the GCI.
This book presents the results of a three year research programme into the ageing behaviour of
cellulose ethers.
The two objectives of the book are (1) to provide information about the chemical
nature of cellulose ethers and (2) to provide a relative ranking of a number of generic chemical classes
of cellulose ethers with respect to their long-term stability.
The book succeeds in both these objectives.
The text is divided into seven specific chapters.
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