July 2018 – Heritage Preservation Atelier

Paper and book conservation – Part 9

Posted by namitajaspal Posted on July 29, 2018 2 Comments

Finally, all the books that came to our lab have been restored and given a kind of new life. They are going back to the library tomorrow morning. Following is a re-sharing of a summary of all the conservation processes…

Treating the adhesive mess

Posted by namitajaspal Posted on July 15, 2018 0 Comments

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Sewing a book after conservation

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Team working towards final steps of an intense task of books’ conservation

Posted by namitajaspal Posted on July 6, 2018 0 Comments

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Team Heritage Preservation Atelier had a challenging task of conservation of a set of books that could not be digitized by a library because of the extremely brittle pages and stuck up and deteriorated condition. We started with making a…

Studying Paper for presence of watermark and bluish tinge: Case of 150 years old drawing

Posted by namitajaspal Posted on July 5, 2018 0 Comments

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The drawing under study is made in 1868 (as evident from the signature) and the watermark mentions the paper manufacturing year to be 1866. ‘Watermarks’ are markings put into paper during its production, by making thinner or thicker layer of…