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“The Poster”
This is a delightful poster advertising the John Gund
Brewery Co. It had extensive water damage due to a burst pipe where it was
stored. Had total loss of paper in some sections of poster. It was removed
from its old board, cleaned and de-acidified, and re-laid onto Japanese tissue paper. Lost surfaces were made good
and delicate touch–ups restored the lost portions to its pristine finish.
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Watercolor of a College
This was badly eaten by insects, stained with acid from
old boards. Cleaned and de-acidified. It was decided to leave the ragged
edging on the piece as they were part
of its “history”.
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McKinney-Hall Indians
Badly water-stained at the bottom, showing signs of
foxing. Foxing are the little brown stains that appear on paper items. This
is caused by mildew that has died and left its residue behind.The original
handcolored print was carefully washed and cleaned with no loss of the old
bright coloring.
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Portrait of a Woman
This oil, dating from the 1890’s, showed cracked paint,
yellowing varnish, and smoke damage.With the canvas re-lined, the oil was
cleaned, and missing parts were touched in.
Then, two layers of new varnish not only protect the
painting but also enhance the image.
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The Wounded Paw
By Thomas Landseer. This framed picture had fallen off the
wall, the glass had broken and pierced the print.(see white mark in top picture, top left
corner)The cut was
repaired and carefully touched up to be made invisible.
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Watercolor of Seated Gentleman
This watercolor had been stored in a damp basement and had
one of the worst cases of mildew I had ever seen. The active mildew
was killed by gassing, then it was removed with careful brushing. The mildew
had attacked the paper’s surface, totally destroying the image beneath. Once
the paper was consolidated, the watercolor could be touched up with the same
type of watercolors used during that period.
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Little Angel
This charcoal drawing had been stored in a hot attic,
stretched over stretcher strips! The extreme heat in the attic caused the
paper to become brittle and to shatter into pieces. Once it was removed from the stretchers, the piece was
cleaned, deacidified, and laid onto Japanese tissue paper. Since there were
obvious gaps, old paper that matched the material in the original image was
found and used to fill in the holes. Then it was touched up, using charcoal
to complete the image.
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