The postprints of the conference  ‘MODERN MATERIALS
MODERN PROBLEMS’ held by UKIC Furniture Section at the
Conservation Centre NMGM Liverpool on 17 April 1999 are now
ready.

The publication is available from:
United Kingdom Institute for Conservation
109 The Chandlery
50 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7QY,  U.K.

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CONTENTS

David Dewing, Curator of the Geffrye Museum,
Foreword.

J. Sparkes,
composite wood products for furniture manufacture

Shayne Lang,
Casein plastic: history, chemistry and manufacture

Jake Kaner,
Conserving early plastics found in historic furniture: An Investigation
into their History and Manufacture

Lesley Wilson,
Foams in upholstered furniture

Pamela Kirschner,
Treatment of objects from the Darwin Martin House.

Sherry Doyal,
Modern Materials Problems- Oh, sit on it!
(An introduction to cordage and basketry seating in twentieth
century
furniture using traditional and innovative materials.  Collaborations
between conservation scientists and conservators working across
disciplines of furnishings and ethnography.  Remedial treatments
are
reviewed .  Storage, packaging and display are considered.)

Roger Griffiths
En Bloc: Art in a Cabinet or a Cabinet as Art.  (The use and
conservation
of furniture in 20th Century art)

Dominique Rogers

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