Conservation of preliminary drawing for a tapestry: an oversized gouache on paper

  • Owner: Sant Cugat Council (Barcelona, Spain).
  • Object: Preliminary drawing for a carpet, an oversized gouache on paper. Measures: 190 x 55 cm.
  • Date: 20th century.
  • Damages: Cockling, big tears, tapes on the back side, glue remnants on the recto, powdery painting surface, dirt.
  • Conservation treatment: Dry cleaning, consolidation, backing with japanese tissue (washi). Flattening, loss compensation (in-painting). Read the POST of this project if you feel like knowing more.
  • Conservators: Càudia Callau, Hollie Drinkwater, Rita Udina.
  • Exhibited at: Center Grau-Garriga for Textile Contemporary Art (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain).
  • Other links: Facebook album, Instagram.

Conservation of preliminary drawing for a carpet. Before (top, foto: Pep Soler) and after (bottom) conservation process.
↑”Before conservation” photograph (top): Pep Soler; “after”‘s (bottom): Rita Udina.

Conservation of preliminary drawing for a carpet: retouching process

 

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AHEH (10) Alcon-Cusi Pharmacy Museum (5) Archive Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc Dst. (5) Archives (50) Barcelona City Council (13) Barcelona Municipal Archive (9) CoAC (Association of Architects of Catalonia) (15) Cores (5) Documentation Center of Catalan Orfeó (3) Domènech i Montaner (5) Gaboche Ars (3) Galleries (23) Gazi Husrev-Begova Biblioteka (3) GenCat (Government of Catalonia) (19) Historical Archive of Barcelona (3) Historical Archive of Lleida (4) Industrial Museum of Ter (4) Institute for Photographic Studies (IEFC) (3) INTACH (Dehli) (7) La Pedrera Foundation (3) Laura Corso (3) Libraries (29) Municipal Archive of Renteria (4) Museums (25) Márk Somogyi (3) National Archive of Catalonia (ANC) (8) National Museum of Norway (4) NSK - National Library and University (Zagreb CROATIA) (5) onLine (12) Pere Sacot (3) private collector (23) Provincial Council of Barcelona (DiBa) (5) Public Library of Girona Carles Rahola (7) Regional Archive Baix Ebre (3) Regional Archive Urgell (4) Regional Archive Vallès Occidental (4) Research Library of Dubrovnik (CROATIA) (4) Restauratoren Nederland (4) Rijksmuseum (4) Sant Cugat del Vallès Council (5) SICP (Chile, ARGENTINA) (3) SICP Chile (3) Sitges Museums (4) Tapestry Art Centre Grau Garriga (5) University of Granada (Spain) (4)

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