Conservation and Care of Glass Objects

This book is designed to aid conservators in understanding the materials used in the conservation and restoration of glass objects. Principles and methods involved in the cleaning and restoration of historical and archeological glass objects are addressed, including aspects of deterioration, the ethics and aesthetics of restoration, and proper conditions for storage and display. There is also a discussion of techniques for repairing broken glass and for filling gaps in colorless and colored glasses.

Particular emphasis is placed on the correct and safest methods of handling, cleaning, displaying, mounting, lighting, transporting, and storing glass objects, with an in-depth look at the causes and symptoms of "sick" (crizzled) glasses.

Stephen P. Koob received a master's degree in classical archeology from Indiana University in Bloomington in 1976, and four years later he completed the program in archeological conservation at the University of London's Institute of Archaeology. He spent five and a half years as conservator at the Agora in Athens, and he has also worked at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia and the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Since 1998, Mr. Koob has been the conservator at The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. A specialist in the conservation of ceramics and glass, he has also worked extensively on archeological excavations, including the Agora and Samothrace in Greece, and Gordion and Sardis in Turkey. He is a Fellow of the American and International Institutes for Conservation, and he has taught many courses.