National trust manual of housekeeping : a new edition of the practical guide to the conservation of old houses and their contents
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National trust manual of housekeeping : a new edition of the practical guide to the conservation of old houses and their contents
(Penguin books)
Penguin in association with The National Trust, 1993
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes index
Originally published: London : Allen Lane in association with The National Trust, 1984
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This manual gives advice on how to clean and care for the fragile interiors of historic houses and how to handle and store the household objects that contribute so much to their interest. This practical guide is designed for those responsible for the upkeep of historic houses, and to anyone who owns a watercolour or a piece of antique furniture as well as anyone interested in how the National Trust looks after the houses and collections in its care.
Table of Contents
- The right environment
- books and documents
- ceramics
- clocks and watches
- floors
- furniture
- glass
- metalwork
- musical instruments
- natural history collections
- pests, moulds and insects
- photographs
- pictures
- stone, including marble and alabaster
- textiles
- walls, ceilings and windows
- miscellaneous. Appendices: methods of protection against light
- special equipment and protection
- the housemaids' cupboard
- suppliers of equipment and materials
- suppliers' addresses.
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