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MS224: Care of Leather and Skin Materials
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Helen Alten
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              Mar 3 – Apr 11, 2014     [Learn More]   

 

Links to related information on other sites:

 

Leather Dressing 
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/leather.html

Conservation of a Kayak 
http://www.civilisations.ca/aborig/watercraft/kayak/ekayak1.html

The ARBIDAR Company (Supplies samples and slides of furs and natural fibers) 
http://arbidar.montana.com/

Leather Dressing: "To Dress Or Not To Dress" 
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/cpa/ articles/books/leather.htm

CONFERENCE SUMMARY: THE CONTAMINATION OF MUSEUM MATERIALS AND THE REPATRIATION PROCESS FOR NATIVE CALIFORNIA 
http://bss.sfsu.edu/calstudies/arttest/sum.htm

Artifacts may be a threat to Indians 
http://members.home.nl/aeissing/00702.html

Leather Dressing: To Dress or Not to Dress (Conserve-O-Gram 9/1) – (An Adobe PDF file) 
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/09-01.pdf

THE DEGREDATION AND CONSERVATION OF LEATHER 
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/jcms/issue3/dirksen.html

The Manufacture of Leather – part 1 
http://www.hewit.com/sd1-leat.htm

The Manufacture of Leather – part 2 
http://www.hewit.com/sd2-leat.htm

The Manufacture of Leather – part 3 
http://www.hewit.com/sd3-leat.htm

The Manufacture of Leather – part 4 
http://www.hewit.com/sd4-leat.htm

The Manufacture of Leather – part 5 
http://www.hewit.com/sd5-leat.htm

The Manufacture of Leather – part 6 
http://www.hewit.com/sd6-leat.htm

The Manufacture of Leather – part 7 
http://www.hewit.com/sd7-leat.htm

The Manufacture of Leather – part 8 
http://www.hewit.com/sd8-leat.htm

The Manufacture of Leather – part 9 
http://www.hewit.com/sd9-leat.htm

Leather Staining, Dyeing and Decorating 
http://www.hewit.com/sd3-buck.htm

How Leather Dressing May Have Originated 
http://www.hewit.com/sd6-dres.htm

Leather ‘Bloom’ – Causes and Remedies 
http://www.hewit.com/sd2-bloo.htm