manuscripts

Conservation of plan on natural tracing paper
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Conservation of plan on natural tracing paper

We are quite proud of this treatment since tracing paper is most rebel: folds and tears are most visible because of their lack of translucency. We've taken the before and after images on a black background so that you can judge the results.

Conservation of varnished map
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Conservation of varnished map

Conservation of an oversized map, varnished and with a linen backing, dated 1906. Varnish removal with gels, backing removal, capillary washing, tear mending, infilling, lining, flattening, retouch, varnishing and finishing (tapes and slats on edges).

Conservation of cartoon drawing by Quino
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Conservation of cartoon drawing by Quino

Conservation and flattening of a cartoon drawing by Quino using the same paper for the infill of the loss.

Workshop: Wet treatments of Works on Paper (Amsterdam, 2021)
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Workshop: Wet treatments of
Works on Paper (Amsterdam, 2021)

Theoretical and practical sessions. When to apply wet treatments on paper, and how. From the basis of handling wet paper to more complex moisturizing, humidification and washing techniques. Fugitivity tests, types of inks and their properties, and many case studies to show conservation treatments on real artwork: manuscripts and documents, drawings, watercolours, pastels, charcoal drawings...

Conservation of gouache and watercolour drawing on paper
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Conservation of gouache and watercolour drawing on paper

Conservation of a china ink, pencil, watercolour and gouache drawing with severe discolouration due to light exposure. Dry cleaning, wash cleaning, deacidification, light bleaching, inpainting of light areas and flattening.

Workshop: Wet treatments of Works on Paper (Köln, 2021)
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Workshop: Wet treatments
of Works on Paper (Köln, 2021)

Theoretical and practical sessions. When to apply wet treatments on paper, and how. From the basis of handling wet paper to more complex moisturizing, humidification and washing techniques. Fugitivity tests, types of inks and their properties, and many case studies to show conservation treatments on real artwork: manuscripts and documents, drawings, watercolours, pastels, charcoal drawings...

Conservation of cartoon drawing of a packed tram
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Conservation of cartoon drawing of a packed tram

Conservation of a china ink, pencil, watercolour and gouache drawing with severe discolouration due to light exposure. Dry cleaning, wash cleaning, deacidification, light bleaching and flattening.

Assessment on the conservation of Swamiji’s manuscripts
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Assessment on the conservation of Swamiji’s manuscripts

Assessment on preventive conservation, housing, storage, digitization, exhibition and possibilities of conservation of Swamiji's manuscripts from Vedanta Academy historical archive.

Lecture: ‘Conservation of re-used bindings’ (part one), Zagreb
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Lecture: ‘Conservation of re-used bindings’ (part one), Zagreb

Book conservation involves a tough decision making regarding usability and long term preservation handling. Sometimes we are dealing with fragmentology, or disjecta membra (fragments of written supports are re-used as part of a binding, with a diverse purpose from the first use) whereas in other cases the purpose is the same, and the whole binding is being recycled to bind a different book. Incunabula and manuscripts with laced-case and limp vellum bindings with rolled sewing on parchment are studied.

Conservation of long-stitched limp binding with rolled sewing
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Conservation of long-stitched limp binding with rolled sewing

That's the typical case of waste material (a former parchment manuscript) that was recycled for a new purpose (a binding).

Conservation of recycled limp vellum wallet binding
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Conservation of recycled limp vellum wallet binding

Conservation of a medieval manuscript on laid paper, bound on limp parchment. The binding is recicled, being a former wallet bindinig with a flap. The turnins of the covers have alum tawed leather tackets. Sewn on the binding.

Conservation of a manuscript with one binding inside the other
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Conservation of a manuscript with one binding inside the other

It is not uncommon to find waste material as part of a binding (parchment manuscripts, for instance), but quite much rare when the previous and original binding is part of the boards layers of the current recycled binding! The outer and visible binding belonged first to a former book, and the hidden binding, to the current, one... crazy!

Conservation of limp vellum binding with flap and leather tackets, on reverse parchment
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Conservation of limp vellum binding with flap and leather tackets, on reverse parchment

Owner: Regional Archive of La [...]

Lecture: ‘Impregnated Tracing Paper Conservation’ (ICON Book & Paper)
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Lecture: ‘Impregnated Tracing Paper Conservation’ (ICON Book & Paper)

Three study cases of conservation of impregnated tracing paper, with diverse approach

Lecture: “Conservation of Impregnated Tracing Paper” (Papers at the balcony, Granada)
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Lecture: “Conservation of Impregnated Tracing Paper” (Papers at the balcony, Granada)

Three study cases of conservation treatment of impregnated tracing paper with three diverse approaches.

Impregnated tracing paper with tapes and ball-point pen inscription
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Impregnated tracing paper with tapes and ball-point pen inscription

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.