RESTAURAREA UNOR DOCUMENTE PAPETARE AFLATE ÎN STARE AVANSATĂ DE DEGRADARE
RESTORATION OF PAPER IN AN ADVANCED DEGRADATION STATE

Author(s): Lucian Dogan
Subject(s): Library and Information Science, Preservation
Published by: Editura Eikon
Keywords: restoration; conservation; document; integration;
Summary/Abstract: Section I: PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF DOCUMENTS IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN ROMANIA. MODELS OF GOOD PRACTICE The present study presents the technical-scientificd ocumentation regarding the restoration of two paper documents ( two sheets out of nine) with extreme mechanical fragmentation, written in Romanian in 1863. In addition to the physical-mechanical degradations (blocking the sheets, breaks on the fold line) other types of degradation were highlighted: biotic and chemical. The restoration methodology consisted in unblocking the fragments of the tabs with the help of a solvent, cleaning and biocidal operations. Afterwards, the fragments were sorted according to the assortments of paper, color and graphics and placed in a puzzle system in order to reconstruct the original sheet format. The gap areas were integrated with 31g/m2Japanese paper, and as a final operation the sheets were consolidated by plating (double-sided) with 6g/m2Japanese paper.

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