FINE ART CONSERVATION

Treatments

Art on Paper

Before

Title: Port of Quebec 1831
Artist: Joseph Cockburn
Medium: Opaque and transparent watercolour
Support: Smooth surfaced wove paper glue mounted on paperboard

After 

Before

Artist: Tak Tanabi
Medium: Sumi ink
Support: Japanese paper glue mounted on Masonite

After

Before

Artist: Marc Chagall
Medium: Oil based printing ink
Support: Wove paper, Arches type

After

Artist: Chagall

Archival Documents

Before

Title: Tibetan envelop, postmark Gantok
Media: Stamp, cancellation stamp ink, writing ink
Support: Grey flecked paper stamped in raised embossed letters “Granite Grey Trail and Co Stationers, Calcutta”

After

Before

Title: Equatorial Crossing Certificate
Media: Black and red typewriting ink, black printing ink, brown/grey writing ink, graphite pencil and a small notation in ballpoint pen
Support: Soft sized wove paper

After

Textiles

Before

Object: sampler
Artist: Sarah Taylor, 1787
Medium: Dyed silk in cross and satin stitch
Support: Open weave tabby linen tack mounted to board

After 

Before

Object: American Flag, 1860’s
Construction: Cotton fabric; hand pieced and stitched; appliqué stars in circular patterns; heavy weight sleeve at left with brown cord looped through.

After