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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="044d05a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#777777" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Paper Conservator</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#777777" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>   </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Paper Conservator"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="conservation_of_watercolour_sketches_by_a_cust__1889.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Watercolour Album"><U>Watercolour Album</U></A>   |   <A HREF="conservation_of_chinese_watercolours.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chinese Watercolours"><U>Chinese Watercolours</U></A>   |   <B>Western Books</B>   |   <A HREF="work_on_watercolour_album___pictures_taken_before__during_and_after.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Conservation Slide Show"><U>Conservation Slide Show</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="045d2123.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="conservation_of_chinese_watercolours.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chinese Watercolours"><U>Previous Page</U></A></div> <div> Use your browser back button to go back according to your arrival sequence</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Ebert-Gomes Paper Conservation</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Western Books</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="080f8ba0.jpg" border=0 width="248" height="186" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="25" VSPACE="0"></B><B>Description</B></div> <div> French leather bound 18th century books<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Condition</B></div> <div> Detached covers and broken sewing</div> <bR> <div> <B>Treatment</B></div> <div> Treatment aimed to restore the books' functionality whilst retaining original features as much as possible (see pictures below)<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Arial" >.  </FONT>Spine received Japanese tissue facing in order to secure brittle leather during its lifting.  Spine carefully lifted and cleaned of some of the residual glue responsible for its stiffness and consequent breakage.  Spine is covered with very strong and durable linen, which is toned to match the colour of the book's leather. This covering acts as a support for the remedial sewing and as an attachment for the covers. The fragmented original spine covering is adhered onto the new linen spine.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Arial" ><I>        </I></FONT></div> <div> <I>     </I></div> <div>      <IMG SRC="084a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <IMG SRC="0869e770.jpg" border=0 width="158" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="088a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </div> <div> <I><B>During                                 During                            During                  </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="08a98cb0.jpg" border=0 width="152" height="203" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>After</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>