Jane Dosman Paper Conservation
Portfolio
Examples of fine art restoration:
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After treatment
Portrait of Lady Johnson, attributed to Thomas Bluget de Valdenuit, 1796 (charcoal, graphite, white chalk, and pink gouache on paper).
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Restoration treatment includes: Backing removal, removal of adhesive from verso, flattening of five separate pieces of object after removal of adhesive from edges, reattachment of five pieces from verso with strips of Japanese paper, retouching of recto with pastel pencils, infilling of loss on top right border, and humidification and flattening.
©Centre de conservation du Quebec/Michele Elie and Guy Couture/2008 and 2015
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After treatment
Landscape with Running River, oil painting on paper, 1850
Restoration treatment includes: Surface cleaning, adhesive removal, infilling of corner and edge losses, tear repairs, removal of white bloom on paint, and inpainting.
©Centre de conservation du Quebec/Michele Elie and Guy Couture/2010 and 2011
Before treatment
After treatment
Detail of watercolour with puncture wounds and tears.
Restoration treatment includes: Adhesion of the punctures and tears with wheat starch paste, reinforcement from the verso with strips of Japanese paper, and inpainting with watercolour over an isolating layer of methyl cellulose.
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Backing removal of print
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Restoration treatment includes: removal of cardboard backing, washing and flattening of print.
Examples of restoration of archival objects:
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After treatment
Restoration treatment includes: reconstructing the right edge, and the top and bottom left corners of the envelope.
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After treatment
Restoration treatment includes: the reattachment of the torm edge.
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After treatment
Map on starched linen, 1896
Restoration treatment includes: Tear repairs, infilling of losses, tape and adhesive removal, consolidation of paint pigments, and reinforcement of top of verso with Japanese paper.
©Centre de conservation du Quebec/Jacques Beardsell/2007 and 2012
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After treatment
Archival document with scotch tape
Restoration treatment includes: Tape and adhesive removal, and lining on verso with very thin Japanese paper so that writing remains legible.
© Centre de conservation du Quebec/Jacques Beardsell/2011 and 2013
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After treatment
Detail of right edge of varnished map, 1852
Restoration treatment includes: Varnish removal, backing removal, washing, deacidification, lining with Japanese paper, infilling of losses, inpainting, and removal and reattachment of ribbon sides of map.
©Centre de conservation du Quebec/Michele Elie and Guy Couture/2010 and 2011
Before treatment
After treatment
Venetian papier mache mask.
Restoration treatment of the tip of the nose includes: the adhesion of loose fragments with wheat starch paste, consolidation of the paper layer, inpainting, and the addition of a glass to match the surface sheen.
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After treatment
Marriage certificate, 1923
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Restoration treatment includes: humidification and flattening, tear repairs, lining, infilling of losses with toned Japanese paper, inpainting of losses in media along tears, and recreation of missing part of flower border in area of large loss at the bottom.
Example of preventive conservation:
