A note on the poultice cleaning of feathers using Laponite RD gel

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-16

  Silveira, Luciana Da ^a  

^a NONE   (Brazil)

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EID: 2442666860     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/sic.1997.42.1.11     Document Type: Article

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