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Wooden Artifacts

Links to related information on other sites:

Biological Deterioration & Damage to Furniture & Wooden Objects
http://www.si.edu/mci/english/learn_more/taking_care/biodetwood.html

Wood Anatomy and Identification Class of 1998
http://www.si.edu/mci/english/professional_development/past_courses_programs/programs/wood1999.html

Wood Anatomy and Identification - Bibliography
http://www.si.edu/mci/downloads/bibliographies/wood_anatomy_bibliography.pdf

Fundamental Construction Techniques for Furniture & Wooden Objects
http://www.si.edu/mci/english/learn_more/taking_care/fundconst.html

Furniture Care & Handling
http://www.si.edu/mci/downloads/articles/furnbook.pdf

Guidelines for taking Wood Samples from Objects of Antiquity
http://www.si.edu/mci/english/learn_more/taking_care/woodsamples.html

Moving, Packing, and Shipping Furniture
http://www.si.edu/mci/english/learn_more/taking_care/movefurn.html

What is furniture conservation?
Furniture Conservation Training Program (Smithsonian Institution)

http://www.si.edu/mci/downloads/bibliographies/fctpmrl.pdf

A Closer Look Santos from Puerto Rico (essay on painted wood sculpture for lay person, explaining conservation and preservation thought and technique)
http://www.si.edu/mci/downloads/reports/Closer_Look_Santos_Puerto_Rico.pdf

Totem Poles Royal British Columbia Museum
http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Content_Files/Files/TotemPoles.pdf

The Care and Preservation of Furniture and Wooden Objects
http://www.thehenryford.org/explore/artifacts/furniture.asp

Woodworker removes furniture's history, layer by layer
http://members.tripod.com/woodenobject/news8.htm

John Kjelland web page with Adobe Acrobat document: Conservator of Wooden Objects
http://members.tripod.com/woodenobject/

Yellowstone National Park conservation project, John Kjelland (Adobe Acrobat file - 1 Mb)
http://members.tripod.com/woodenobject/AICMap.pdf

A LATE BRONZE AGE SICKLE FROM SHINEWATER PARK: THE TREATMENT OF A WATERLOGGED COMPOSITE
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/jcms/ issue4/brysb.html

Caring for Furniture
http://aic.stanford.edu/ treasure/furn.html

AIC Think Tank on Wood Consolidation
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/waac/wn/ wn07/wn07-1/wn07-106.html

The Care and Preservation of Clocks
http://www.thehenryford.org/explore/artifacts/clocks.asp

Arctic Kayaks
http://www.arctickayaks.com/

Cleaning Wood Furniture (Conserve-O-Gram 7/1) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/07-01.pdf

Waxing Furniture and Wooden Objects (Conserve-O-Gram 7/2) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/07-02.pdf

Protecting Wood with Preservatives and Water Repellants (Conserve-O-Gram 7/3) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/07-03.pdf

Upholstered Furniture: Agents of Deterioration (Conserve-O-Gram 7/4) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/07-04.pdf

Dusting Wooden Objects (Conserve-O-Gram 7/5) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/07-05.pdf

Silicone in Furniture Waxes and Polishes (Conserve-O-Gram 7/6) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/07-06.pdf

Emergency Treatment for Water-Soaked Furniture and Wooden Objects (Conserve-O-Gram 7/7) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/07-07.pdf


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