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1. The practical carver and gilder's guide, and picture frame makers companion : containing information on the various departments of the trade in gilding and re-gilding picture and looking glass frames, console tables, what-nots, &c. : interior and exterior gilding : silvering plate glass : the restoration of oil paintings, cleaning old engravings, &c. : with chapters on mitreing-up mouldings, mount cutting, mounting engravings, maps, photographs, etc. : French polishing, varnishing, and staining : and a number of useful receipts / by Charles H. Savory.

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Creator:: Savory, Charles H.
Date:: [approximately 1877?]
Physical Description:: xv, [2], 18-205, [19] pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The care and handling of art objects : practices in the Metropolitan Museum of Art / by Marjorie Shelley, with contributions by members of the curatorial and conservation departments of The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; illustrations by Helmut Nickel.

The care and handling of art objects : practices in the Metropolitan Museum of Art / by Marjorie Shelley, with contributions by members of the curatorial and conservation departments of The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; illustrations by Helmut Nickel.

Creator:: Shelley, Marjorie, 1945–
Date:: c1987
Physical Description:: x, 102 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library