The cover is slightly worn, faded, and shows signs of use, but the contents are generally in good condition. There is a small tear on the back of the cover.
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This work represents the sum total of more than thirty years devotion to ancient textiles. Mechthild Flury-Lemberg, who has been in charge of the Abegg Foundation's Textile Department since I967, is a conservator and textile historian - a combination which makes this account of her accumulated experience a valuable basic reference work for anyone involved with old textiles. An introductory text setting out the scientifically based methods of textile conservation is followed by individual monographs. More than one hundred examples, tanging from the restoration of an Egyptian child's tunic through the reconstruction of an Etruscan linen book to reports on textile finds from a Venetian shipwreck - also provide the interested lay person with a fascinating insight into the adventure of textile research. The work concludes with a technical/scientific catalog and a chapter about training textile conservators.
