Tag Archives for Conservation
New Temporary Display at the V&A: Research on Paintings: Technical Art History & Connoisseurship
17 December 2012 – 22 September 2013 The following exhibition may be of interest to Courtauld students, especially those in the Conservation and Technology Department. The V&A is holding a temporary display looking at recent research on some of the … Continue reading
Categories: External events and exhibitions | Tags: Conservation, London Exhibitions, Preservation, Technical examination, V&A, Victoria and Albert Museum | Leave a commentBook cleaning CABS book of the month – November
As a conservator you know why it is important to clean books, but sometimes it feels like you are not making any appreciable difference. Until you take a photograph half way through a cleaning job and you see the value … Continue reading
Categories: Book-of-the-month, CABS | Tags: Conservation, Smoke Sponge | Leave a commentTender loving repairs part 2
A couple of months ago I wrote a posting about repairs undertaken by Camberwell book conservation students. Well all the books have now been returned and I’d like to update you on some of the more complicated repairs. One of … Continue reading
Categories: Courtauld Book Library | Tags: book repair, camberwell, Conservation | Leave a commentTender loving repairs
Some of you may have noticed that there are books on the shelves that have seen better days? Perhaps their covers are torn or the spine has been partially torn off, or maybe it is just a case of the … Continue reading
Categories: Courtauld Book Library | Tags: book repairs, camberwell, Conservation | Leave a commentDon’t do this to our books!
Every sticky note label that you put in one of our books leaves a residue. You can clearly see the rectangles in these pictures, where we have removed the labels. They damage in 2 ways -they can actually accelerate the … Continue reading
Categories: Courtauld Book Library | Tags: book damage, book repair, Conservation, sticky notes | Leave a comment
