Paper

Restoration of paper

Various manuscripts and printed documents, maps, plans, prints, books and parchments are conserved and restored, exhibits are prepared for exhibitions and keeping

Restoration of paper

Various manuscripts and printed documents, maps, plans, prints, books and parchments are conserved and restored, exhibits are prepared for exhibitions and keeping

Restoration of paper

Various manuscripts and printed documents, maps, plans, prints, books and parchments are conserved and restored, exhibits are prepared for exhibitions and keeping

Restoration of paper

Various manuscripts and printed documents, maps, plans, prints, books and parchments are conserved and restored, exhibits are prepared for exhibitions and keeping

Restoration of paper

Various manuscripts and printed documents, maps, plans, prints, books and parchments are conserved and restored, exhibits are prepared for exhibitions and keeping

Restoration of paper

Various manuscripts and printed documents, maps, plans, prints, books and parchments are conserved and restored, exhibits are prepared for exhibitions and keeping

In the paper group, various manuscript and printed documents: books, maps, plans, artworks etc. are conserved, restored and prepared for display and storage.

Paper restoration includes the following procedures:

  • documents are disinfected, their surface is cleaned and deformities are removed,
  • inadequate materials used in previous restorations (glue, adhesive tape etc.) are removed,
  • tears are glued, fragments are reconstructed,
  • if necessary, stains are removed, paper is washed, alkalized and reinforced,
  • special folders and cases for storage are produced.

 

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Statute of the Men’s Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 1669. Paper, parchment. Restoration of fragments


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Portrait of Motiejus Valančius. Lithographer Adolphe Lafosse. 1857. Paper. Before and after restoration

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