conservation and repair
Leather bindings in goatskin, calfskin, and sheepskin often experience broken hinges, red rot, and decay from sunlight, use, and age. Paper repair of documents and maps.
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Conservation is available for historic volumes including printed, manuscript, and bound items in leather, vellum, cloth, and paper, from the 16th century to today, including maps and letters. These treatments restore historic texts to fine condition, using archival materials and sensitive and professional evaluation.
Leather bindings in goatskin, calfskin, and sheepskin often experience broken hinges, red rot, and decay from sunlight, use, and age. These books can be repaired and conserved with contemporary leathers, or with Japanese papers dyed to match the leather.
Stephanie Gibbs received the Master of Arts in Conservation from West Dean College, in England. She provides conservation work for libraries, institutions, and collectors throughout the United States. All work is completed using archival materials and museum quality methods.
a recording of a presentation discussing the book conservation treatments undertaken in my studio
Letters, documents, ephemera, maps, posters, dust jackets, newspaper articles: historic paper artifacts stabilized and repaired.
The process of treating paper artifacts takes into consideration the age, fragility, and water- and light- fastness of the medium, and may include washing, humidifying, flattening, and repairing with Japanese tissue, using archival methods and materials.