Rita Udina. Paper & Book conservation

Rita Udina. Paper & Book conservation

Rita Udina. Paper & Book conservation

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Conservation of oversized Adami drawings from Musée Jean Cocteau

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 →

Conservation of Salvador Dalí’s ‘Peerless’ suitcase

Conservation of Salvador Dalís peerless suitcase

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 gouache and watercolour drawing on paper

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. Continue reading →

Conservation of cartoon drawing of a packed tram

Conservation of cartoonof a packed tram. A watercolor and gouache drawing, before and after conservation.

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 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. Continue reading →

Conservation of recycled limp vellum wallet binding

Conservation of a manuscript with a palimpsest limp vellum binding with flap. The flap and other missing parts are reconstructed after conservation. Continue reading →

Conservation of stationery vellum binding with rolled sewing

Rolled sewing on parchment, conservation process of the limp vellum binding

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 →

Parchment manuscripts conservation treatment

TRANSLATION PENDING (appologies!) Owner: Arxiu Comarcal del Vallès Oriental (Granollers). Object: Manuscrits en pergamí (s.XII – s.XVII).

Conservation Courses

Amélie Couvrat and Frances Lunn during the course Inpainting and Loss Compensation on Paper Conservation

9th edition of the course "Inpainting and Loss Compensation on Paper Conservation" (Switzerland, 2019)

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