Porcelain Repair and Restoration

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PORCELAIN Repair and Restoration
With this book in hand even inexperienced amateurs can confidently embark on porcelain restoration. Drawing on his wide experience as both a teacher and a restorer of porcelain, Nigel Williams explains step by step how to achieve excellent results with a variety of techniques. The would-be restorer is made aware of the many options open and encoturaged to discover which technique suits his individual taste. Since the most up-to-date materials and methods are used, this handbook will also be of great interest to the experienced professional restorer.
Each stage m the process of repairing and restoring porcefain is illustrated with photographs and explanatory line-drawings, which include diagrams showing the function and use of specialist tools. The book concludes with an invaluable comprehensive guide to materials, manufacturers and suppliers, as well as helpful information on courses and classes in restoration.
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PORCELAIN Repair and Restoration
With this book in hand even inexperienced amateurs can confidently embark on porcelain restoration. Drawing on his wide experience as both a teacher and a restorer of porcelain, Nigel Williams explains step by step how to achieve excellent results with a variety of techniques. The would-be restorer is made aware of the many options open and encoturaged to discover which technique suits his individual taste. Since the most up-to-date materials and methods are used, this handbook will also be of great interest to the experienced professional restorer.
Each stage m the process of repairing and restoring porcefain is illustrated with photographs and explanatory line-drawings, which include diagrams showing the function and use of specialist tools. The book concludes with an invaluable comprehensive guide to materials, manufacturers and suppliers, as well as helpful information on courses and classes in restoration.
Nigel Williams is Chief Conservation Officer responsible for the ceramics and glass laboratories of ^he British Museum, where he has worked since 1961. He is Senior Tutor in porcelain repair at the Stanhope Institute.
With 53 monochrome illustrations and 8 line-drawings
Front cover: Details of an 18th- century Chinese plate with piece missing from rim (/e/t) and the same plate fully restored (right). Vissza