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"Restorations
are first class. Close to making a silk purse from a sow's ear. The
quality of my print collection has been significantly improved by your
conservation methods."
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Dr. Stephen Turner
Collector
of Prints and Drawings
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Here are some additional photographs of
work that we have completed. Please click on each photo to see an enlargement of
the image.
Passport dated 1910 issued by Imperial Russia
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| BEFORE: Cream-colored wove paper. Tears and
losses with old pressure-sensitive tape repairs which have oxidized and stained the
paper. |
AFTER: After documentation and disassembly,
each page was dry cleaned overall. The pressure-sensitive tapes and adhesive were
removed mechanically and with heat, solvent and suction. Each page was then water-washed
and deacidified. Tears and losses were repaired with starch paste, Japanese tissue,
and paper pulp and then flattened. The passport was collated and reassembled in the
original manner using the original thread. |
Nineteenth Century baseball advertising booklet
cover
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| BEFORE: Cover torn from booklet. Wood pulp
paper with coated facing paper. Large paper and design loss. Smaller punctures, tears
and surface losses overall. Pressure-sensitive tape repairs on front and back. |
AFTER: The cover was dry cleaned and water
washed. All pressure-sensitive tapes were removed mechanically with heat and solvent.
All losses, tears and punctures were repaired with Japanese tissue and starch paste
and filled with matching paper pulp. All losses were inpainted to match the surrounding
area. The cover was flattened overall and reassembled in the original manner. |
Pastel portrait on vellum attached with metal
tacks to wooden strainer
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| BEFORE: Pastel on vellum with a large tear
and losses at the lower right. Previously repaired on the back with heavy canvas
and a modern adhesive. Tear and surrounding area inpainted with chalk. Dark staining
in the upper right corner and across the bonnet of the figure. |
AFTER: The portrait on vellum was removed
from the original wooden strainer. The old repairs and adhesive were mechanically
removed from the back. The tear was repaired and losses filled with Japanese tissue
and PVA adhesive. The staining was improved mechanically. The losses were filled
with pastel to match the surrounding area. |
Aerial map of the Town of LaSalle, Illinois,
dated late 1800s
Property of the Hegeler Carus Foundation
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| BEFORE: The print had been stored tightly
rolled for many years resulting in many vertical and horizontal tears and losses.
Heavy layer of surface dirt overall. |
AFTER: The paper was dry cleaned overall.
It was then water washed and deacidified. The paper was lined overall on the back
with Japanese tissue and starch paste and flattened overall. |
Nineteenth Century advertising art
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| BEFORE: Chromolithograph on coated facing
paper on wood pulp board. Surface dirt overall with accretions. Large losses of the
paper and design. |
AFTER: The art was dry cleaned overall. The
losses were filled using an antique coated paper and antique wood pulp board which
matched the original in thickness and color. The losses were inpainted to match the
surrounding area. |
Team photograph from 1884 mounted to original
wood pulp board
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BEFORE: Horizontal break
at center with oxidizing rubber based pressure sensitive tape. More recent repairs
were made with a modern acrylic mending tape. Board and photograph losses at the
break.
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AFTER: After a light dry cleaning overall,
the tape and adhesives were removed with heat and organic solvents. The photograph
was then separated from the original board mechanically. The photograph and board
were then repaired separately with Japanese tissue and starch paste. The board losses
were filled with cellulose. The photograph was remounted to the original board with
starch paste. The piece was dried and flattened overall. Inpainting was done with
water soluble media applied by brush.
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