Bone, Ivory, and Horn: Identifying Natural Materials - Couverture rigide

Locke, Michael

 
9780764343070: Bone, Ivory, and Horn: Identifying Natural Materials
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0764343076 ISBN 13 : 9780764343070
Editeur : Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

In the pre-plastic era everything was made from natural materials, often by skilled craftsmen. The materials that they used are now often rare and easily misidentified. Are they made from bone, ivory, horn, tortoiseshell shell, skin or scales, or some other now forgotten exotic material? This technical book will help collectors, antique dealers, museum conservationists, and frequenters of flea markets to know more about the vast array of those artifacts, their biology, rarity, value, and how to conserve and restore them. Included in this comprehensive guide are hundreds of images of actual collectibles ranging from knives to buttons.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael Locke is a biologist known internationally for his work on insect biology, and as a lapidary, antiquarian, and morphologist. His studies on bone and ivory led to this book on natural materials, an important part of human history before plastics.

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Éditeur
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0764343076
ISBN 13 
9780764343070
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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