PAPER AND BOOK RESTORATION

We provide conservation services for all varieties of media. We can handle small format flat paper, and specialize in the treatment and stabilization of antique documents, prints, photographs and maps. As with all the departments, the paper lab employs a minimal approach to treatment, using only reversible materials and techniques. Treatments include dry cleaning, water washing, stain reduction & removal, tear repairs, loss restoration, liquid paper pulp treatments, lining, adhesive removal, aqueous and non-aqueous de-acidification, UV bleaching, humidification, flattening, and in-painting.

 


Before Treatment
"19th Century Japanese Botanical Painting"
on medium weight asian paper
Pin holes, areas of loss and tide stains from water damage


After Treatment
Dry cleaned, water washed, losses filled and deacidified

Before Treatment
"Chine Collé"
print on machine made western paper
severe foxing overall, paper is acidic with small splits and tears to primary support

 


After Treatment
Dry cleaned, water washed, ultraviolet light bleached, tears repaired and print deacidified


Before Treatment
Paul Cadmus pastel on paper
water damaged and in multiple pieces, many losses 		After Treatment

Before Treatment After Treatment

An early 20th Century painting by Alexander J. Drysdale, oil wash on cardboard. The painting had heavy water staining and very dark tide lines. The stains were successfully removed with wet blotter poultice only, therefore not requiring the extremely fragile paper to more aggressive treatments or over-painting to disguise the stains. A conservative approach and under-cleaning is always best.

Drysale, en verso, before treatment

After Treatment.

Before Restoration
"19th Century Engraving"
on machine made western paper
discolored and acidic, tide stains, heavy foxing and surface dirt, paper has cockled and torn
After Treatment
Dry cleaned, water washed, ultraviolet light bleached, tears repaired and deacidified

 

New Orleans Conservation Guild Home Page

 

Contact us for more information:
New Orleans Conservation Guild, Inc.
3620 Royal Street
New Orleans, La. 70117

Phone: (504) 944-7900
Fax: (504) 944-8750
restoration@art-restoration.com