Professor Jake Kaner (born 1959) is Associate Dean of Research at the School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University. He was previously Head of Research and Professor of Furniture at

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, and an editorial board member of the Institute of Conservation. In 2005, he was awarded a grant by

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to create an Electronic Furniture Archive of

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, launched in 2009. In 2004, he was called upon to create

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for the 78 Derngate

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project in

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of certain

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originals. In 2013 he was invited to join the REF14 sub panel UoA34 Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory.

Books

In 2010 Kaner published 'Early Plastics in Furniture 1880-1920: Chemistry, conservation, history and manufacture'. In 2012 he co-authored 'Conservation of 20th Century Furniture (Routledge Series in Conservation and Museology)' with Clive Edwards.

References

External links

Research Centre for Furniture at Buckinghamshire New University

High Wycombe Furniture Archive Website
1959 births Academics of Nottingham Trent University Living people Academics of Buckinghamshire New University {{furniture-stub