Architectural photoreproductions : a manual for identification and care / Eléonore Kissel & Erin Vigneau.

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"A manual for identifying and preserving architectural photoreproductions. Provides a flowchart for identification through visual examination. Includes sections on terminology, history and use of the printing process, manufacture, degradation, exhibition, and storage. Five appendices, a bibliography...

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Main Author: Kissel, Eléonore
Corporate Author: New York Botanical Garden
Other Authors: Vigneau, Erin
Published: New Castle, Del. : Bronx, N.Y. : Oak Knoll Press ; New York Botanical Garden, 2009.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Photographic reproduction of plans, drawings, etc. > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Architecture > Designs and plans > Conservation and restoration > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre:
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Designs and plans
Physical Description:xiv, 125 pages : color illustrations, charts ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword / by Lois Olcott Price
  • Co-publisher's preface to the first edition
  • Introduction
  • Glossary
  • How to use the flow chart
  • Flowchart for the identification of architectural photoreproductions of drawings and documents
  • Photoreproductions. Aniline prints ; Blueprints ; Diazotypes ; Ferrogallic prints ; Photostat prints ; Positive blueprints and pellet prints ; Sepia diazo prints ; Vandyke prints ; Wash-off prints
  • Photomechanical reproductions. Electrostatic prints ; Gel-lithographs ; Hectographs
  • Appendix 1: Chart: Classiification of architectural photoreproductions
  • Appendix 2: Additional reproductions found in architectural archives
  • Appendix 3: Notes on the storage of architectural drawings and prints
  • Appendix 4: Notes on the exhibition and handling of architectural drawings and prints
  • Appendix 5: Current methods of reproducing architectural plans, 1996 / by Kelsey Osborn.