Impregnated tracing paper with tapes and ball-point pen inscription

  • Owner: Association of Architects of Catalonia (CoAC).
  • Commissioned by: Sitges Museums.
  • Artefact: Impregnated tracing paper architectural drawing on pencil.
  • Author: Lluís Domènech i Montaner, catalan architect (1850-1923).
  • Damages: Discolouration, wrinkles, tears, pressure sensitive tapes (several types), ball-point pen inscriptions.
  • Conservation treatment: Detachment from the rigid whiter board, varnish and tape removal, removal of ball-point pen inscriptions, flattening, consolidation, re-varnished.
  • Conservator: Rita Udina.
  • Exhibited at: The book in Catalonia in time of Modernisme (El llibre a Catalunya en temps de Modernisme), Museus de Sitges (Museu Maricel). Exhibition currently posponed.
  • Other links:
Conservation of impregnated tracing paper. A pencil and ball-point pen architectural drawing (before and after).

Conservation of pencil architectural drawing on impregnated tracing paper, with a ball-point pen inscription, pressure-sensitive tapes and stuck onto a board. Drawing by catalan architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Before (left) and after conservation (right).

Stages of the conservation treatment (subtitles available):

Coating with the impregnant, i.e. varnishing (higher speed):

Clients

AHEH (10) Alcon-Cusi Pharmacy Museum (5) Archive Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc Dst. (5) Archives (50) Ayuntamiento Barcelona (5) Barcelona City Council (11) Barcelona Municipal Archive (9) Buat Fine Art (3) CoAC (Association of Architects of Catalonia) (15) Cores (5) Documentation Center of Catalan Orfeó (3) Domènech i Montaner (5) Gaboche Ars (3) Galleries (24) Government of Catalonia (19) Historical Archive of Barcelona (3) Historical Archive of Lleida (4) ICON (4) Industrial Museum of Ter (4) Institute for Cultural Heritage of Spain (IPCE) (6) INTACH (Dehli) (7) La Pedrera Foundation (4) Laura Corso (3) Libraries (29) Municipal Archive of Renteria (5) Museums (26) Márk Somogyi (3) National Archive of Catalonia (ANC) (8) National Museum of Norway (4) NSK - National Library and University (Zagreb CROATIA) (5) onLine (14) private collector (26) Provincial Council of Barcelona (DiBa) (5) Public Library of Girona Carles Rahola (7) Regional Archive Baix Ebre (3) Regional Archive of Vallès Occidental (4) Regional Archive Urgell (4) Research Library of Dubrovnik (CROATIA) (4) Restauratoren Nederland (5) Rijksmuseum (5) Sant Cugat del Vallès Council (5) SICP Chile (3) Sitges Museums (4) Tapestry Art Centre Grau Garriga (5) University of Granada (Spain) (4)

Types of projects

Impregnated tracing paper with tapes and ball-point pen inscription

  • Owner: Association of Architects of Catalonia (CoAC).
  • Commissioned by: Sitges Museums.
  • Artefact: Impregnated tracing paper architectural drawing on pencil.
  • Author: Lluís Domènech i Montaner, catalan architect (1850-1923).
  • Damages: Discolouration, wrinkles, tears, pressure sensitive tapes (several types), ball-point pen inscriptions.
  • Conservation treatment: Detachment from the rigid whiter board, varnish and tape removal, removal of ball-point pen inscriptions, flattening, consolidation, re-varnished.
  • Conservator: Rita Udina.
  • Exhibited at: The book in Catalonia in time of Modernisme (El llibre a Catalunya en temps de Modernisme), Museus de Sitges (Museu Maricel). Exhibition currently posponed.
  • Other links:
Conservation of impregnated tracing paper. A pencil and ball-point pen architectural drawing (before and after).

Conservation of pencil architectural drawing on impregnated tracing paper, with a ball-point pen inscription, pressure-sensitive tapes and stuck onto a board. Drawing by catalan architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Before (left) and after conservation (right).

Stages of the conservation treatment (subtitles available):

Coating with the impregnant, i.e. varnishing (higher speed):

Clients

AHEH (10) Alcon-Cusi Pharmacy Museum (5) Archive Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc Dst. (5) Archives (50) Ayuntamiento Barcelona (5) Barcelona City Council (11) Barcelona Municipal Archive (9) Buat Fine Art (3) CoAC (Association of Architects of Catalonia) (15) Cores (5) Documentation Center of Catalan Orfeó (3) Domènech i Montaner (5) Gaboche Ars (3) Galleries (24) Government of Catalonia (19) Historical Archive of Barcelona (3) Historical Archive of Lleida (4) ICON (4) Industrial Museum of Ter (4) Institute for Cultural Heritage of Spain (IPCE) (6) INTACH (Dehli) (7) La Pedrera Foundation (4) Laura Corso (3) Libraries (29) Municipal Archive of Renteria (5) Museums (26) Márk Somogyi (3) National Archive of Catalonia (ANC) (8) National Museum of Norway (4) NSK - National Library and University (Zagreb CROATIA) (5) onLine (14) private collector (26) Provincial Council of Barcelona (DiBa) (5) Public Library of Girona Carles Rahola (7) Regional Archive Baix Ebre (3) Regional Archive of Vallès Occidental (4) Regional Archive Urgell (4) Research Library of Dubrovnik (CROATIA) (4) Restauratoren Nederland (5) Rijksmuseum (5) Sant Cugat del Vallès Council (5) SICP Chile (3) Sitges Museums (4) Tapestry Art Centre Grau Garriga (5) University of Granada (Spain) (4)

Types of projects