Owner: Jean Cocteau Museum (Menton, France). Object: Adami sketches, three oversized drawings on Canson-type paper and caseine media. Measures: 200 x 150 cm. Author: Valerio Adami. Date: 1992. Damages: Cockling and stains due to a flood. Conservation treatment: Wet cleaning … Continue reading →
Suitcase owned by Salvador Dalí, brand “Peerless”, made of wood, leather, fabric and metal. There’s a boarding label dated 1948.
Dry cleaning, stain, rust and fat removal. Continue reading →
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. Continue reading →
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. Continue reading →
Assessment on preventive conservation, housing, storage, digitization, exhibition and possibilities of conservation of Swamiji’s manuscripts from Vedanta Academy historical archive. Continue reading →
Conservation of a manuscript with a palimpsest limp vellum binding with flap. The flap and other missing parts are reconstructed after conservation. Continue reading →
Owner: Historical Archive of Lleida (Catalonia), National Archive of Catalonia, Government of Catalonia. Object: Limp vellum binding mansucript. Rolled sewing on parchment. The covers are a re-used manuscript (disjecta membra). “Manual notarial d’Andreu Soler” (notes by notary Andreu Soler). Date: … Continue reading →
TRANSLATION PENDING (appologies!) Owner: Arxiu Comarcal del Vallès Oriental (Granollers). Object: Manuscrits en pergamí (s.XII – s.XVII).