| Description |
xvi, 245 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: Bibliography and further reading -- 3.Mortar and construction methods used in historic tile schemes -- Introduction -- Construction methods in the medieval period -- Early lime mortar -- Mortar mixes for resetting -- Construction methods in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Fixing methods and materials in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Mortar and resetting for seventeenth- and eighteenth-century tiles -- Short case study: Carshalton bath house -- Construction methods in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Problems connected with the early use of Portland cement -- Mortars and adhesives for resetting nineteenth- and early twentieth-century tiles -- Conclusion -- Bibliography and further reading -- 4.Principles of conservation for architectural tile schemes -- Introduction -- Pre-industrial age -- Post-industrial age -- Conservation in the USA -- Bibliography and further reading -- 5.Methods of conservation -- |
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Contents note continued: Consolidation of ceramic tiles In situ -- Causes of damage to in-situ tiles -- Consolidating medieval tiles -- Consolidating seventeenth- and eighteenth-century tiles -- Consolidating nineteenth- and twentieth-century tiles -- Painting or retouching -- Safe removal of damaged historic tiles -- Medieval tiles -- Eighteenth-century and later tiles -- Removal of steel pins, pipes and fixtures -- Relocation of eighteenth-century decorative tile panels and schemes -- Relocation of nineteenth- and twentieth-century decorative tile panels and schemes -- Ethical considerations -- Practice of relocation -- Preparing for reuse or display -- Displaying tile panels -- Conservation treatment reports -- Bibliography and further reading -- 6.Troubleshooting: tools, products, and health and safety -- Introduction -- On-site work -- On-site tools and materials checklist -- Studio equipment -- Troubleshooting: primary causes of degradation -- Impact -- Substrate failure -- |
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Contents note continued: External pressure -- Water ingress -- Salts -- Corrosion jacking -- Wear and tear -- Manufacturing faults -- Bibliography -- 7.Case studies -- Introduction -- Case study 1 The conservation of the historic tile floors at Ontario State Courthouse, Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Canada -- Historic context -- Condition survey, September 1999 -- Repairs to the hallway floor (Room 242), August 2000 -- Treatment -- The atrium floor -- Case study 2 The conservation and restoration of the Pugin tiles at the House of Commons, London, UK -- Manufacture -- On-site conservation -- Appendix -- Case study 3 Conservation of medieval tile pavements in an outdoor environment (1998--2001) -- Introduction -- Background to the project -- The natural environment -- Treatment methods -- The weather -- Visitors -- Vandalism -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- General assessment all locations, March 2001 to March 2004 -- |
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Contents note continued: Introduction -- Surveys -- Historical context -- Description -- Identifying deterioration -- Identifying wear and tear due to natural ageing -- Treatment recommendations within a survey -- Role of the conservator as consultant -- Cleaning -- Hard and soft bodies -- Medieval tile pavements -- Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century glazed wall tiles -- Nineteenth- and twentieth-century tiles -- Paint removal from glazed tiles -- Salts -- Biological growth -- Continuing care of historic and restored glazed tile schemes -- Advice to others -- Ideal environment -- Consolidation of mortar -- Degradation and consolidation of medieval mortar -- Causes of degradation in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century mortars -- Consolidation of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century mortars -- Causes of degradation in nineteenth- and twentieth-century mortars -- Consolidation of nineteenth- and twentieth-century mortars -- Tire importance of grout -- |
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Contents note continued: Summary of conservation maintenance treatment programme for medieval tile pavements, 1996--2006 -- Case study 4 Persian Water Rug fountain, San Diego, California, USA -- Further restoration -- Case study 5 Sidewalk tiles, Joliet, Illinois, USA -- Update -- Author's note -- Case study 6 Conservation treatment report on three early 1960s tile panels from Sunderland Art Gallery for Tyne and Wear Museums, UK -- Introduction -- Conservation treatment -- Condition -- Treatment -- Additional treatment -- Reversing technique -- Case study 7 Minton tile ceiling, Bethesda Arcade, Central Park, New York, USA -- Historic context and details -- Background to restoration -- Preliminary research and pilot activities -- Conservation approach and restoration method -- Criteria -- Tile repair -- Tile replacement -- Notes -- Bibliography and further reading |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Looking at tile schemes -- Introduction -- Medieval pavements -- Delftware interiors -- Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century interior schemes -- Bibliography and further reading -- 2.Tile-making: past and present -- Introduction -- Medieval tiles -- Early tile--making -- Degradation associated with manufacturing techniques -- Contemporary tile-making techniques in the medieval style -- Delftware tiles -- Early tile--making in the Netherlands -- Degradation associated with manufacturing techniques -- Current tile-making techniques -- Factory restoration techniques -- Nineteenth-century tiles -- Industrial mass production of nineteenth-century floor tiles -- Degradation of floor tiles associated with production techniques -- Industrial mass production of nineteenth-century glazed wall tiles -- Degradation of glazed tiles associated with production techniques -- Current tile manufacturing techniques for restoration projects -- Conclusion -- |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Conservation and restoration.
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Tiles -- Conservation and restoration.
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| LC no. |
2013046878 |
| ISBN |
9780415840583 (alk. paper) |
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