Lambeth Palace Library
June - August 2023; October 2023 - February 2024
Working in a rare books library setting with a team of 6 conservators. Projects include:
Conservation of a 17th century English full leather binding and an 18th century Italian parchment binding
Conservation of fire damaged parchment rolls
Conservation of architectural drawings on acidic tracing paper
Exhibition installation and deinstallation, including creating bespoke display cradles and mounts
Survey of newly accessioned materials
Handling training with library staff
Corner repair of a leather covered board
Edge repair of a parchment covered book
Colour matching infill paper
Leather rebacking
Parchment humidification
Mould treatment of oil stained architectural plans
Building and testing bespoke cradles
Repairing acidic tracing paper
Handling training with library staff
Building a bespoke display cradle
Surface cleaning of archival documents
Exhibition planning
Exhibition installation
Conservation studio
Working on a medieval bible