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PRESERVATION OF WALLPAPERS AS PARTS OF INTERIORS

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Documentation of the work on the Puurmani Manor<br />

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:<br />

Signs of<br />

manufacturer/author:<br />

Signs on lining:<br />

I layer: not found<br />

II layer: number of pattern model, 559 on the left side<br />

of the panel, control-strip of 11 printing colours<br />

No signs found<br />

Legend: –<br />

Bibliography/archive<br />

sources:<br />

Data/signs of<br />

earlier restoration:<br />

Not found. There are no historic photographic evidence<br />

of Puurmani manor interiours.<br />

Wallpapers have not been restored before.<br />

DESCRIPTION AND TESTING <strong>OF</strong> USED MATERIALS<br />

Surfacematerials:<br />

Paint:<br />

Lacquer:<br />

I layer: distemper<br />

II layer: distemper<br />

I layer: shellac lacquer<br />

II layer: not lacquered<br />

Comments:<br />

Substratematerials:<br />

Paper:<br />

I layer: mechanically produced cellulose paper<br />

II layer: mechanically produced cellulose paper<br />

Watermark: –<br />

pH: –<br />

Fiber: –<br />

Lining:<br />

Additional tests/work:<br />

I layer: thin light brown cellulose paper<br />

II layer: not found<br />

A. testing water resistance of the printing colours<br />

B tests for dry cleaning (Wishab Sponge Soft, Faber-Castell<br />

Kneaded Eraser)<br />

C. searching for historic photos of the Puurmani manor<br />

in EAM and ERM archives in Estonia<br />

Comments:<br />

DESCRIPTION <strong>OF</strong> DAMAGE:<br />

Description of object’s<br />

general conditon:<br />

The size of the surface that needed to be restored was<br />

53,6 m 2 . 21 m 2 of it was damaged by mold, humidity,<br />

splashes of paint, marks and numbers written with a pencil,<br />

insect holes). One needed to reconstruct 8,6 m 2 of wallpaper,<br />

10,3 m of border and 44,5 m of one-coloured paper strip.<br />

Paper and colours of the wallpaper and borders are generally<br />

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