• 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.

↑”Before conservation” photograph (top): Pep Soler; “after”‘s (bottom): Rita Udina.

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Inauguració de Can Quitèria. #exposició de #dibuixos i #tapissos de la #casaaymat, alguns restaurats al taller. Quin goig que fan!! 🤗 – Inauguración de Can Quitèria. #exposición de #dibujos y #tapices de la Casa Aymat, algunos de ellos restaurados en el taller. Han quedado de lujo!!! 🤗🤗 – Premiere at Can Quitèria, historical building freshly restored. #exhibition of #drawings and #tapestries from Casa Aymat, some of them restored at the studio. They are looking gorgeous!!! 🤗🤗. . . #restauraciódepaper #restauracióndepapel #paperconservation

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