The IIC 1988 Kyoto Congress

Permanence of washi (Japanese paper)

M. Inaba and R. Sugista

A study of the properties of aged starch paste (furu-nori)

V.D. Daniels

Biochemical investigations on the formation mechanism of foxing

H. Arai, N. Matsui, N. Matsumura and H. Murakita

Fungal stains on paper – their removal and prevention

Hanna Szczepanowska and Charles M. Lovett Jr

The preservation of pre tenth century paper

Peter Lawson

The preservation of ancient Chinese paper

Zhou Bao Zhong

Conservation of ancient Thai books

Chiraporn Aranyanak

Managing the repair of a collection of Japanese printed books

L.E. Fleming

Japanese print conservation – an overview

Keiko Mizushima Keyes

Conservation work in progress on the Claude Monet collection of Japanese woodblock prints at Giverny

Marie-Christine Enshaian

The conservation of three Whistler prints on Japanese paper

C. Nicholson

Conservation of Chinese export works of art on paper: watercolours and wallpapers

Catherine Rickman

The conservation of eighteenth century Chinese wallpapers in the United Kingdom

Pauline Webber and Merryl Huxtable

The construction and repair of Japanese folding screens (byÅ?bu)

Naohachi Usami

Technology and treatment of a folding screen: comparison of oriental and western techniques

Dianne van der Reyden

A dry method for removing the backing papers from Japanese paintings

Iwataro Oka

The conservation and remounting of five Chinese Buddhist paintings

Takemitsu Oba

Study and conservation of some Tibetan than-kas

O.P. Agrawal, Shashi Dhawan and Usha Agrawal

Conservation of the textile frames of the than-kas from the Tucci Collection, Rome

Thessy Schoenholzer-Nichols

Concentration of nitrogen dioxide in the museum environment and its effect on the fading of dyed fabrics

T. Kadokura, K. Yoshizumi, M. Kashiwagi and M. Saito

Conservation and exhibition of cultural property in the natural environment in the Far East

Kenzo Toishi and Masako Koyano

‘Tales of Japan’: a travelling exhibition of Japanese art from the New York Public Library

Myriam Sanchez-Posada de Arteni

Conservation of waterlogged wood: a preliminary study of Balanghai 5, an ancient boat of the Philippines

Othman Yatim

The conservation of the Shinan shipwreck

Kwang Nam Choi

The conservation of the mural paintings and external stuccoes of the temples of Pagan

Paul M. Schwartzbaum, Donatella Zari, U Ba Tint and Lorenzo Lazzarini

Experimental study on the consolidation of fragile porous stone with potassium silicate for the conservation of cave temples in China

Tadateru Nishimura and Li Zuixiong

The examination and conservation of a collection of Gandharan sculptures from Antony House, Cornwall

Trevor Proudfoot, Kathleen Garland and John Larson

The treatment and examination of polychrome Chinese sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum

J.H. Larson

Conservation and restoration of archaeological objects excavated at the Azumazaka tomb

S. Aoki

Ban Chiang bronzes: manufacturing techniques and restoration

Hermann Born

Characterization of the black surface layer on a copper alloy coloured by traditional Japanese surface treatment

R. Murakami, S. Niiyama and M. Kitada

The corrosion of lead and lead/tin alloys occurring on Japanese lacquer objects

Diana Heath and Graham Martin

The treatment of a Chinese red lacquer stationery box

W.T. Chase, Paul R. Jett, Stephen P. Koob and Jane Norman

Restoration of an early Chinese hollow dry lacquer figure

Frederick L. Hollendonner

Chinese ceramic quadrupeds: construction and restoration

Donna K. Strahan and Ann Boulton

The formation of crazing in some early Chinese glazed wares

H.W.M. Hodges

Conservation of a Chinese gu at the Canadian Conservation Institute

Mary P. Peever

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