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).