PRESERVATION OF WALLPAPERS AS PARTS OF INTERIORS

Preservation of wallpaper as a part of interiors
Figure 92. Blotters should be changed two to three times to remove possibly
much dirt accumulated in paper.
The blotters should be replaced when necessary (usually two
or three times) with dry ones until the majority of the accumulated
dirt seems to have been washed off. (Fig. 92) The Chinese
wallpapers from the Esterházy Palace were washed on blotters
to remove the discoloured products of degradation from the
paper fibres and soften dark tide-lines.
Since the paper of the wall cover was very thin and fragile,
it was important to wash it on blotters to avoid any further
damage to the material. According to my observations, blotter
washing reduces the risk of runny printing paint spreading
along the surface of the original, which may happen during
float or immersion.
No object analysed in this thesis research was treated by
float washing or immersion. More information about float washing
and immersion can be found in the tutorial material of the
Paper Conservation Catalogue, published from 1984 to 1994 by
the AIC Book and Paper Group. 366
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Paper Conservation Catalogue, accessed January 8, 2013, http://cool.conservation-us.org/
coolaic/sg/bpg/pcc/.
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