1st Edition
PUR Facts Conservation of Polyurethane Foam in Art and Design
By Thea van Oosten
Copyright 2011
128 Pages
by
Routledge
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Flexible Polyurethane (PUR) foams, in use since the 1950s and familiar from furniture upholstery and other domestic textiles, can be found in museum collections in numerous art and design objects. However, these exhibits pose severe conservation problems due to the ageing of the foam caused by photo-oxidation, leading to discoloration, loss of strength and fl exibility, and fi nally the crumbling... Read more
Preface, Introduction, 1. Polyurethanes, manufacture and applications, 2. Chemistry, properties and degradation, 3. History of polyurethane foam conservation, 4. Ageing behaviour of polyurethane foam, 5. Assessing the condition of polyurethane foam, 6. Case studies, Acknowledgements, Glossary, General information, Bibliography
Biography
Thea van Oosten is a senior conservation scientist at the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE).
