Funori: Overview of a 300-year-old consolidant

Journal of The American Institute for Conservation

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-126

  Swider, Joseph R ^a   Smith, Martha ^b  

^a MCCRONE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 60950595160     PISSN: 01971360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/019713605806082329     Document Type: Review

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