PUR Facts
Conservation of Polyurethane Foam in Art and Design
Distributed for Amsterdam University Press
Flexible Polyurethane (PUR) foams have been used since the 1950s in textiles and furniture upholsteries, and in art and design objects that can now be found in museum collections. Composed from “short-life” consumer materials, these objects present severe conservation problems as they age. This book presents an in-depth examination of the challenges presented by PUR foams; the case studies of preservation of two works by the artist Piero Gilardi; and a manual on preparing and applying a light stabilizing system that can protect new PUR foams from degrading and restore the flexibility of old foams.
Introduction
1. Polyurethanes, manufacture and applications
2. Chemistry, properties and degradation
3. History of polyurethane foam conservation
4 Ageing behavior of polyurethane foam
Materials and methods
Consolidation of polyurethane foam
Sun Block for polyurethane ether foam
5. Assessing the condition of polyurethane foam
Condition of polyurethane ester and ether foam
Condition of polyurethane foam of works of art and design objects
Instruction for the consolidation of new and aged polyurethane ether foam
6. Case studies
Zuccaia (1991) by Piero Gilardi: The adventurous consolidation of a polyurethane ether foam Nature Carpet by Aleth Lorne
Sassi (1972) by Piero Gilardi: Restoration project carried out by the Barbara Ferriani Conservation Studio, Milan
Acknowledgements
Glossary
General information
Bibliography
Art: Art--General Studies
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