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It's my first private conservation job!
So, back in the fall, I was asked to take a look at the UUCWC membership book (from 1916), and see if it was fixable. It was, and I fixed it. In the meantime, I learned these bits of conservation geekery:
-The current binding is cloth, but the original binding was leather as evidenced by the bits of leather I found hidden on the joints (and maybe that explains why it has such gorram huge joints... hmmm.)
-In addition to being rebound at some point, it was previously repaired by someone. They used heat-set tissue (perfectly okay to use, I used some too), did some resewing, and applied PVA directly to the spine (NOT OKAY. And more relevant to me, not reversible, so I just left it as is-- the textblock is actually pretty solid)
And now [drumroll, please], the picspam.
( Antebellum )
( Postbellum )
So, back in the fall, I was asked to take a look at the UUCWC membership book (from 1916), and see if it was fixable. It was, and I fixed it. In the meantime, I learned these bits of conservation geekery:
-The current binding is cloth, but the original binding was leather as evidenced by the bits of leather I found hidden on the joints (and maybe that explains why it has such gorram huge joints... hmmm.)
-In addition to being rebound at some point, it was previously repaired by someone. They used heat-set tissue (perfectly okay to use, I used some too), did some resewing, and applied PVA directly to the spine (NOT OKAY. And more relevant to me, not reversible, so I just left it as is-- the textblock is actually pretty solid)
And now [drumroll, please], the picspam.
( Antebellum )
( Postbellum )
