Art on Paper
Edited by Judith Rayner, Joanna M. Kosek, and Birthe Christensen

ISBN: 1-873132-99-9 • 2005 • $75.00 • Cloth

This book published in association with the British Museum contains papers on mounting and housing presented at the international conference Mounting and Housing, Art on Paper and addresses storage and display, history, science and present-day practice.

Contents:

Historical Mounting: The Royal Mount-250 years of mounting practice in the British Royal Collection; The photographic mount: a brief historical outline; and Treatment of framed paper in the historic houses of the National Trust.

Materials and Microenvironments: What happens to enclosed paper?; The quest for acceptable standards: mount boards and hinging papers, tapes and adhesives for mounting and framing; Open-minded storage: a box-maker's perspective on housing art on paper; Print frame microclimates; Out of the box - measuring micro-climates in Australian-made Solander boxes; Investigation of historical and modern conservation daguerreotype housings; Anoxic framing investigations at Tate to date; The Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights: scientific basis and practice of encasement; and Argon-filled containers for the display of paper.

Contemporary Practice: Mounting as part of Preservation Planning; Overviews and case studies; and Oriental and African Works