Book and Paper Conservation Services

How a 90-year-old photograph is professionally conserved.

What all the bibliophiles are talking about today!

This free upcoming seminar on Materials Used in Storage and Exhibition, by Canadian Conservation Institute Conservation Scientist Jean Tétreault, should be of interest to many gallery and museum professionals.

We wish everyone a merry and safe holiday. Book and Paper Conservation Services will be closed for the holidays and until January 23 following local lockdown protocols. Looking forward to a better and brighter 2021! Take good care of yourselves. https://www.bookandpaperconservationservices.com//conserva

Take a look at this conservation treatment of a large map in poor condition. Wonderful outcome!

What a difference conservation treatment made to this delicate 19th c. etching that was recently through our studio. Using washing and stain reduction techniques we were able to remove the foxing and brighten the paper tone dramatically, bringing it back to how it once looked. This was a hugely satisfying treatment!

A New NEDCC Story just released: Conservation of Sarah Davenport's Hair Album - Part 1. By Associate Book Conservator Mary French. Learn about the history of V...ictorian hairwork and the background of the Davenport Album at the Davenport House Museum in Savannah. Read the story here: www.nedcc.org/story-dav-pt1 #bookconservation @DavenportHseMuseum

Rolled birchbark surprise! After humidification and flattening, this tightly rolled birchbark scroll revealed a hand painted souvenir from Muskoka, Ontario, dated 1904. After it's repaired and framed, you can check it out at Attic Books.

Are you curious about what a conservation lab looks like? Where do conservators work every day and what does that work look like? What does a conservation lab l...ook like in a state historical society and what space is used for paper and book conservation work? If so, please tune in for a Virtual Conservator Lab Tour event coordinated with Stephanie Gowler (Paper Conservator) and Katherine Lechuga (Book Conservator) at the Indiana Historical Society in Indianapolis, Indiana. The event will be held this Friday, September 25th at 3:00 pm EST (US and Canada). Please feel free to tune in using the link to the Zoom meeting below. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/98082115388 Meeting ID: 980 8211 5388 One tap mobile +13462487799,,98082115388# US (Houston) +12532158782,,98082115388# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) Meeting ID: 980 8211 5388 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/a7RxXghqz Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions before the event at [email protected].

Great work from the Canadian Conservation Institute. This is the kind of treatment that paper conservators die for - complex and satisfying!

"Celebrate #ScienceWeek with the conservators at the National Gallery of Victoria! 'Every day at the NGV, 26 scientists, historians and technicians work tirelessly in specialist studios to look after 75,000 works of art in our Collection as well as all artworks on loan and under our care. In celebration of #ScienceWeek we highlight the often unseen but essential work of our Conservation team. Tune into our Instagram Live Mon-Fri next week at 11am to meet some of these detecti...ves of art and design who are working from home on a variety of unique projects. You can also ask questions of the team via our daily Instagram stories. Follow the link in bio to learn more about conservation at the NGV. #NGVEveryDay Image of Raye Collins with Amedeo Modigliani’s Portrait of the painter Manuel Humber. Photo: Eugene Hyland'" See more

We made the Willard's list again!

Turn in tomorrow for a visit to the National Gallery of Canada conservation labs with conservator Marie-Catherine Cyr.

"CCI is pleased to announce that the following resources on electronic media have been updated on our website: Caring for audio, video and data recording media Electronic media collections care for small museums and archives Video and audio recordings and 8mm films FAQ Please click on the following link to access these resources:... https://www.canada.ca///care-objects/electronic-media.html" See more

A fascinating and dedicated treatment!

Talk about #ConservationGlamour!!!! Take a look at this new NEDCC Story about the Town of Billerica’s 1655 Great Deed, conserved & digitized at the Center’s la...bs. Read the story and view detailed photos of the treatment process: www.nedcc.org/stories Billerica Public Library Billerica, Massachusetts See more

My name is Kenza Dufourmantelle. You may have seen my name associated with CCI but you may not have seen me. I am a Person of Colour. I am also the Director of ...Research, Conservation and Scientific Services at the Canadian Conservation Institute. I hold one of too few leadership positions in heritage conservation awarded to a Person of Colour. I have experienced setbacks linked to the colour of my skin. I have struggled with being the only Person of Colour in my graduate classes or at the various international heritage institutions where I have been an intern, a researcher or an employee. A mentor early on in my career once said that I would go far; not for my skill, knowledge or character but as a result of my complexion. I was crushed by the metrics of evaluation that differed on the basis of race. I, my colleagues and the professional teams at CCI stand in solidarity with those who continue to fight for the rights of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC). We applaud the recent statements released by the CAC (https://www.cac-accr.ca/) and Black Art Conservators (https://blackartconservators.com/). Although we as a field and as an institution have a long way to go, we have humbly embarked with a number of measures. For the past year, we have been reviewing our policies to ensure that all entry-level student opportunities are remunerated, working carefully with programs with incompatible regulations to ensure that students are not left behind. We have launched priority staffing for BIPOC communities both at the entry and leadership levels to create a supportive environment in which all views and voices are heard. We are rethinking our outreach to help underserved and underrepresented communities. We will revise our assessment criteria for service requests to ensure that we not inadvertently contribute to the oppression of BIPOC in cultural institutions at large. This is the beginning of a long road ahead. We will make mistakes but along this path, we will be committed to improving representation, diversity and inclusion in the field of heritage conservation. We invite other heritage professionals to join with us.

A very real and unnerving fact during these challenging times.

Light matters to museum objects! Take a look at this little experiment by the St. Marys Museum!

QUÉ HAY DETRÁS? Detrás de un cuadro. Si le doy vuelta, qué hay? Detrás de las pinturas hay otro mundo.... La parte posterior de las pinturas, de hecho, puede revelar mil sorpresas. Puede proporcionar algunos datos interesantes sobre la historia del trabajo gracias a las etiquetas colocadas en los museos por los que transitó. Pero también nos dan información precisa sobre el estado de conservación de la pintura. La Mona Lisa , solo por mencionar la pintura más famosa del mundo, muestra en la parte posterior una grieta preocupante ya reparada en el pasado con dos anclas de cola de milano. Además de esta información técnica, la parte posterior de las imágenes también puede contar historias inesperadas . Nos puede llevar a descubrir, por ejemplo, que muchos pintores del siglo XX, al no poder comprar nuevos lienzos, a menudo también pintados en la parte posterior de los que ya se usaron. Más divertido es el caso de algunas pinturas en las que el reverso representa la misma escena del anverso pero visto, exactamente, desde atrás. Uno de los más famosos es Nano Morgante de Bronzino (1553), un retrato doble del bufón de corte completo de Cosimo, que también muestra que la pintura, como la escultura, es capaz de ofrecer más vistas. Del mismo tema (aunque los dos lados no corresponden exactamente). Algunas obras incluyen cartas y boletos que a menudo se ocultaban justo detrás de las pinturas, encajándolas en el marco. Algo así también se encuentra en trípticos . Trabajos realizados en tres paneles de los cuales los dos laterales pueden cerrarse como puertas y luego pintarse en la parte posterior. Como ya vimos en el tríptico El jardín de las delicias del Bosco. Tomado de Historia del Arte

Talk about #ConservationGlamour!!!! Take a look at this new NEDCC Story about the Town of Billerica’s 1655 Great Deed, conserved & digitized at the Center’s la...bs. Read the story and view detailed photos of the treatment process: www.nedcc.org/stories Billerica Public Library Billerica, Massachusetts See more

QUÉ HAY DETRÁS? Detrás de un cuadro. Si le doy vuelta, qué hay? Detrás de las pinturas hay otro mundo.... La parte posterior de las pinturas, de hecho, puede revelar mil sorpresas. Puede proporcionar algunos datos interesantes sobre la historia del trabajo gracias a las etiquetas colocadas en los museos por los que transitó. Pero también nos dan información precisa sobre el estado de conservación de la pintura. La Mona Lisa , solo por mencionar la pintura más famosa del mundo, muestra en la parte posterior una grieta preocupante ya reparada en el pasado con dos anclas de cola de milano. Además de esta información técnica, la parte posterior de las imágenes también puede contar historias inesperadas . Nos puede llevar a descubrir, por ejemplo, que muchos pintores del siglo XX, al no poder comprar nuevos lienzos, a menudo también pintados en la parte posterior de los que ya se usaron. Más divertido es el caso de algunas pinturas en las que el reverso representa la misma escena del anverso pero visto, exactamente, desde atrás. Uno de los más famosos es Nano Morgante de Bronzino (1553), un retrato doble del bufón de corte completo de Cosimo, que también muestra que la pintura, como la escultura, es capaz de ofrecer más vistas. Del mismo tema (aunque los dos lados no corresponden exactamente). Algunas obras incluyen cartas y boletos que a menudo se ocultaban justo detrás de las pinturas, encajándolas en el marco. Algo así también se encuentra en trípticos . Trabajos realizados en tres paneles de los cuales los dos laterales pueden cerrarse como puertas y luego pintarse en la parte posterior. Como ya vimos en el tríptico El jardín de las delicias del Bosco. Tomado de Historia del Arte