TSG Chapter IV. Documentation of Textiles - Section A. Conservator's Obligation for Documentation (from AIC Guidelines for Practice)

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A. Documentation
"The conservation profession has an obligation to produce and maintain accurate, complete, and permanent records of examination, sampling, scientific investigation, and treatment. When appropriate the records should be both written and pictorial. The kind and extent of documentation may vary according to the circumstances, the nature of the object, or whether an individual object or a collection that is to be documented." (AIC Guidelines for Practice, revised August 1994.)


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