National Trust Manual of Housekeeping : The Care of Collections in Historic Houses Open to the Public Book

	Foreword
1	Introduction	2
2	The historic house context - the National Trust experience	8
3	History of housekeeping	20
4	Conservation : principles, practice and ethics	34
5	Agents of deterioration	44
6	Physical agents of deterioration	54
7	Chemical agents of deterioration	68
8	Biological agents of deterioration	80
9	Light as an agent of deterioration	92
10	Relative humidity as an agent of deterioration	102
11	Planning and managing housekeeping	114
12	Housekeeping tasks	124
13	Stonework	136
14	Mosaics and decorative tiles	148
15	Plasterwork	160
16	Painted interiors : wall paintings and painted decoration	168
17	Wallpaper	184
18	Woodwork	196
19	Floors	208
20	Floor coverings	224
21	Window glass	238
22	Metalwork	248
23	Decorative light fittings	260
24	Stone, plaster and terracotta	272
25	Ceramics	284
26	Glass	296
27	Metals	308
28	Arms and armour	320
29	Clocks and watches	330
30	Scientific instruments	344
31	Musical instruments	352
32	Furniture	362
33	Gilded and painted wood	374
34	Lacquer and japanning	384
35	Leather	392
36	Textiles	404
37	Tapestries, carpets and rugs	420
38	Lines and whitework	434
39	Costume and accessories	444
40	Paper	454
41	Glazed framed paper and materials	464
42	Books	474
43	Photographs	488
44	Paintings	500
45	Portrait miniatures	516
46	Polychrome sculpture	524
47	Natural history collections	532
48	World culture collections	544
49	Archaeological collections	556
50	Plastics	566
51	Collections outdoors	578
52	Outdoor stone	586
53	Outdoor metals	594
54	Outdoor wood	602
55	Vehicles	608
56	Keeping records	620
57	Health and safety	650
58	Historic house technology	660
59	Opening historic houses	670
60	Staffing historic houses	686
61	Storage	696
62	Building work : planning and protection	710
63	Events : planning and protection	722
64	Display cases and exhibitions	734
65	Interpreting conservation	744
66	Living in historic houses	754
67	Transporting objects	764
68	Commissioning conservation work	774