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== Resources and Citations ==
 
== Resources and Citations ==
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* Sherry Guild 'Caring for Paper Objects' Preventive Conservation Guidelines, CCI [https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/preventive-conservation/guidelines-collections/paper-objects.html Link].
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* Jean Tetreault ''Products Used in Preventive Conservation'' CCI, December 2017. [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323153775_Products_Used_in_Preventive_Conservation Link]
  
 
* ''The Dictionary of Paper'', American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980
 
* ''The Dictionary of Paper'', American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980

Revision as of 11:35, 7 December 2020

Degas 'Dancers Resting'
MFA# 39.669

Description

Box of Pastels
MFA# 99.664.114

A stiff pasteboard that is thicker than 0.006 inches. Cardboard varies greatly in type and stability. High quality archival cardboard, also called pasteboards, are made from rag pulp and have a low acid content. They are considered durable and permanent and are used for mounting prints, drawings and watercolors. Inferior grades of cardboard, such as corrugated board, are made from coarsely ground sulfite treated wood pulp. The grayish unbleached pulp is pressed into a thick sheet. Cardboard is moisture sensitive, may swell and buckle when wet, and may emit organic acid volatiles. This type of cardboard is most often found in commercial shipping and packaging boxes. The first cardboard box was produced in England in 1817. Corrugated cardboard was patented in 1871.

Synonyms and Related Terms

card board; pasteboard; corrugated board; paperboard; carton (Fr.); karton (Dan., Ned.); Karton (Deut.);

Applications

Stack of cardboard

Collection Risks

Some cardboards may emit organic acids.

Coruugated Board: [Safety Data Sheet]

Physical and Chemical Properties

  • Density = 0.69

Resources and Citations

  • Sherry Guild 'Caring for Paper Objects' Preventive Conservation Guidelines, CCI Link.
  • Jean Tetreault Products Used in Preventive Conservation CCI, December 2017. Link
  • The Dictionary of Paper, American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980
  • E.J.LaBarre, Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Paper and Paper-making, Swets & Zeitlinger, Amsterdam, 1969
  • Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
  • Reed Kay, The Painter's Guide To Studio Methods and Materials, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1983
  • Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986
  • Roy Perkinson, contributed information, 1998
  • G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 582
  • CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Robert Weast (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, v. 61, 1980 Comment: density=0.69

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