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Mrs. Daydí Pastel portrait by Fèlix Mestres
Conservation of pastel drawing on paper and cardboard by Spanish painter Felix Mestres. Portrait of Mrs. Carolina Daydí. Dry cleaning, mould removal with HEPA vacuuming, in-painting of foxing stains.
Map by Blaeu cartographers
Conservation of 17th c. map by Blaeu dutch cartographers, 1630 Hand coloured print with gouach and golden paint. It had kraft paper patches and discolouration caused mainly by light exposure. The conservation treatment consisted on dry cleaning, old repairs removal, wet cleaning (slanted capillary wash) and flattening.
Pencil drawing by J.A.D. Ingres
Conservation of pencil drawing by J.A.D. Ingres. Pencil drawing on woven paper with discolouration and foxing stains, tears, insect depositions. Dry cleaning, mechanical removal of depositions, wet cleaning, chemical treatment and reinforcement.
Woodblock print by Albrecht Dürer
Woodblock print "The holy trinity", by Dürer, 1511. Removal of recent patches, wet cleaning, chemical treatment, deacidification, tear mending and losses infilling.
Conservation of varnished map
Conservation of an oversized map, varnished and with a linen backing, dated 1906. Varnish removal with gels, backing removal, capillary washing, tear mending, infilling, lining, flattening, retouch, varnishing and finishing (tapes and slats on edges).
Conservation of oversized Adami drawings from Musée Jean Cocteau
Conservation of oversized casein drawings by Valerio Adami with stains caused by a flood. Slanted capillary washing, flattening, mending and conservation mounting.
Conservation of Salvador Dalí’s “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.
Conservation of long-stitched limp binding with rolled sewing
That's the typical case of waste material (a former parchment manuscript) that was recycled for a new purpose (a binding).
Conservation of recycled limp vellum wallet binding
Conservation of a medieval manuscript on laid paper, bound on limp parchment. The binding is recicled, being a former wallet bindinig with a flap. The turnins of the covers have alum tawed leather tackets. Sewn on the binding.
Conservation of racing cars poster
A lithograph by Spanish painter Cidón, dated 1922
Conservation of a ithographic print from 1922, a poster of the 2nd edition of the car race "Armangué Trophy", organized by the Royal Motorcycle Club of Catalonia.
Light bleaching: Conservation of Picasso print
Owner: Private collector Object: [...]
Conservation of medieval manuscripts on rag paper with rolled sewing
Conservation of two medieval manuscripts on rag paper and limp vellum binding. The sewing thread is made of rolled parchment, sewn with independent knots onto inner parchment stays. One of them onto outer leather tackets as well.
Conservation of preliminary drawing for a tapestry: an oversized gouache on paper
Conservation of preliminary drawing for a carpet, an oversized gouache on paper. Dry cleaning, backing with japanese tissue (washi). Flattening, loss compensation (in-painting).
Conservation of a gouache and pastel drawing on impregnated tracing paper
Conservation of a gouache and pastel drawing on impregnated tracing paper. Preliminary technical drawing, a design for a tapestry.
Conservation of incunabula with fragmentology evidence
Conservation of incunabula books from Public Library Carles Rahola. Some have disjecta membra and a few cases of palimpsest bindings as well.
Conservation of architectural drawings on tracing paper, by Fernando Higueras
Owner: Association of Architects of [...]
Conservation of choir book, an oversized manuscript on parchment
Choir book, an oversized manuscript on parchment. The bookbinding is full leather on wooden boards with brass edges, as well as clasps, also in brass. 1634, renaissance style.
Conservation of parchment mansucript with woven repairs
[translation pending] Beneficiari: Arxiu [...]
Conservation of gouache on paper, painting by Joan Ponç
"Gran Pastoral", gouache on paper, 83 x 112 cm. The artwork was lined on a Kraft paper with tapes and synthetic adhesives. It had losses and tears, and remarkable discolouration. The paper was extremely brittle. Tape and synthetic adhesives removal. Capillary wash and light bleaching, infilling of losses, lining, inpainting (mimetic criteria in the small ones, neutral color in the bigger ones).
Facsimile of the first Pharmacy graduation photograph (University of Barcelona, 1901)
What is a facsimile and what is it used for? Is it a forgery? Why the graduation photographs of the first pharmacists generation was mutilated during the Spanish Civil War? Facsimiles, also known as original copies or reproductions, are a very good solution when we want to disseminate an artefact with restricted availability due to poor condition state or unique character.
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sewn unsupported with drawn-on covers
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introduction to paper conservation
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photograph conservation
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