Calligraphy on onion skin paper by Nankoku Hidai
- Owner: Private collection.
- Artefact: Abstract calligraphy, print on Edgeworth Onion Skin paper (Valley Paper Co. USA). Rag paper.
- Author: Nankoku Hidai (比田井 南谷).
- Date: 1965
- Damages: folds, oxidation, discolouration, cockling, a pressure sensitive tape at the right bottom corner, stains, tears, tattered edges.
- Conservation treatment: Dry cleaning, wet treatment, stain removal and chemical treatment, light bleaching. Tear mending and losses infilling. Flattening. Mounting on conservation board with paper hinges to be framed.
- Conservator: Rita Udina.
Onion skin paper before conservation (bottom) and after treatment (top).
It had folds, oxidation, discolouration, cockling, a pressure sensitive tape at the right bottom corner, stains, tears, tattered edges. Addition of paper hinges mounted on a conservation board for framing.
Onion skin paper before conservation (bottom) and after treatment (top).
It had folds, oxidation, discolouration, cockling, a pressure sensitive tape at the right bottom corner, stains, tears, tattered edges. Addition of paper hinges mounted on a conservation board for framing.
Onion skin paper watermark under transmitted light.
“Edgeworth Onion Skin. Rag content. Valley Paper Co. USA”
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Calligraphy on onion skin paper by Nankoku Hidai
- Owner: Private collection.
- Artefact: Abstract calligraphy, print on Edgeworth Onion Skin paper (Valley Paper Co. USA). Rag paper.
- Author: Nankoku Hidai (比田井 南谷).
- Date: 1965
- Damages: folds, oxidation, discolouration, cockling, a pressure sensitive tape at the right bottom corner, stains, tears, tattered edges.
- Conservation treatment: Dry cleaning, wet treatment, stain removal and chemical treatment, light bleaching. Tear mending and losses infilling. Flattening. Mounting on conservation board with paper hinges to be framed.
- Conservator: Rita Udina.
Onion skin paper before conservation (bottom) and after treatment (top).
It had folds, oxidation, discolouration, cockling, a pressure sensitive tape at the right bottom corner, stains, tears, tattered edges. Addition of paper hinges mounted on a conservation board for framing.
Onion skin paper before conservation (bottom) and after treatment (top).
It had folds, oxidation, discolouration, cockling, a pressure sensitive tape at the right bottom corner, stains, tears, tattered edges. Addition of paper hinges mounted on a conservation board for framing.
Onion skin paper watermark under transmitted light.
“Edgeworth Onion Skin. Rag content. Valley Paper Co. USA”
