AmazingMeagen · @AmazingMeagen
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Tracing paper with wax seal plan of #Trimdon #Whitehall after treatment including flattening, infills and repairs. This item is now "fit for production" in our Reading Room.
#Stabilisation
#Preservation
#PaperConservation
#Archives
Lambeth Palace Library CB/813
#trimdon #whitehall #stabilisation #preservation #paperconservation #archives
AmazingMeagen · @AmazingMeagen
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So I'm merrily working through bundles of archive records that require resizing to strengthen the paper structure and straight forward paper repairs when I get to this little challenge.
Land survey on tracing paper with fugitive ink.
#Archives
#PaperConservation
#Histodons
@histodons
#archives #paperconservation #histodons
AmazingMeagen · @AmazingMeagen
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Well this is going to be fun.
Time to warm up the vacuum table.
#PaperConservation
#TeesChart
#DontKeepYourArchivesUnderUsedPaintTins
#Conservation
#Archives
#histodons
#paperconservation #teeschart #dontkeepyourarchivesunderusedpainttins #conservation #archives #histodons
AmazingMeagen · @AmazingMeagen
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It is now functional after several paper repairs and replacing the masking tape with Japanese tissue.
#PaperConservation
#TapeIsEvil
Happy Friday from the Conservation studio
#paperconservation #tapeisevil
AmazingMeagen · @AmazingMeagen
59 followers · 222 posts · Server historians.social
Getting to work on this wonderful thing. A wooden day/date/month calendar display.
#paperconservation #tapeisevil #tapeusuallyfails
Meagen S ACR · @AmazingMeagen
21 followers · 32 posts · Server mastodon.world
Penultimate day on the tracing paper map.
#Conservation
#PaperConservation
#Archives
#Maps
#conservation #paperconservation #archives #maps
Meagen S ACR · @AmazingMeagen
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Initial condition assessments for an upcoming display long list at #LambethPalaceLibrary
Guess the theme for the April installation?
#lambethpalacelibrary #collectioncare #exhibitions #paperconservation
Meagen S ACR · @AmazingMeagen
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Collection Care are hosting City & Guilds Conservation students for parchment training and collection cleaning.
There are enough of us to fill an entire tea trolley.
#CollectionCare
#Training #PaperConservation
#collectioncare #training #paperconservation
Mark Gray · @markgray92
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#Paperhistorians and #paperconservation experts, any idea what caused these spots in an #18thcentury #laidpaper? I presume it has to be something in the tray, but what? It's of no consequence but I'd love to know.
#laidpaper #18thcentury #paperconservation #paperhistorians