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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tBefore any work is attempted with a job this complex, it is important to consider every aspect; the type of paper, the construction of the binding, carry out tests on all the inks and adhesives and to compose a treatment proposal that has multiple Plan Bs; this is because every handmade archival document we work on is unique, and whilst we have a scientific understanding of materials and a craftsperson\u2019s knowledge of construction, organic materials bound together in a mechanical object will invariably want to do their own thing.<\/p>\n
The first task was to remove the adhesive tape from the paper. Different tapes require different removal methods, so it was important to identify each before treating. \u00a0In this image, a heated spatula is used to gently warm and soften the adhesive which allows the plastic carrier to be peeled away, and then cotton buds dipped in solvent were used to swab away any adhesive that was left on the paper.<\/p>\n Paper repairs are usually carried out with water-based adhesives, but the red ink was too soluble to use these.\u00a0 Therefore, a gelatine-based adhesive activated with ethanol was used.\u00a0 Single detached pages from within the text-block were adhered back in their correct position, and the first 48 leaves and final 22 leaves, which were all detached, were sewn into sections.<\/p>\n In order to re-attach the sections at the front and back, linen sewing supports were added on top of the existing broken vellum supports to provide extensions.\u00a0 The first and last sections were sewn onto the supports and additional sewing was added throughout the text-block to reinforce loose sections.\u00a0 The text-block was now repaired, and the binding was the next hurdle.<\/p>\n The boards were too damaged to be able to reuse them, so these were carefully housed within a folder and a new binding was made instead.\u00a0 New cloth-joint endpapers, created with blue Spanish marble paper, were sewn to the text-block, and new boards were made and attached.\u00a0 To match the original, the volume was bound in archival goat on the spine and corners, and a book-cloth was used to cover the boards.\u00a0 A leather label was gold-tooled and adhered to the front board. \u00a0To further protect the binding, a bespoke clamshell box was made with two trays; one to hold the folder with the original boards and the other to hold the newly bound volume.<\/p>\n Often, as a Conservator, as with life, the things you dread doing the most turn out to be the ones you\u2019re most happy with.\u00a0 This volume was one of those.<\/p>\n Sometimes an item comes into the Conservation Room that has pretty much everything going wrong for it and as a Conservator your heart sinks (but then you get a bit excited because it\u2019s good to have a challenge!)\u00a0 This volume was one of those. The paper was acidic and brittle, 141 of the 430 leaves… Read more Rebinding the Rental: conserving the Rental of the Estate of The Marquis of Donegall, 1864<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1892,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31],"tags":[82,9,167,109],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1892"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1615"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1635,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions\/1635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2020\/06\/4.-Heated-spatula-1024x888.jpg\")
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