PRESERVATION OF WALLPAPERS AS PARTS OF INTERIORS

Documentation of the work on the Puurmani Manor
17–22 March 2010 Preparing the wall for Japanese paper 16 hours
filling larger losses (Gampi, 36 g/m 2 ),
metylcellulose
13–14 / 20–21 March Mending wallpaper and Fragments of 32 hours
2010 border with fragments original wallpaper,
of the original wallpaper metylcellulose
April – May 2010 Making reconstructions: A. Adobe 64 hours
A. scanning of wallpaper, Photoshop XP
border and square
B. Graham & Brown.
decoration and their
1000 Lining Paper.
digital retouching
Single. Pattern
B. choosing the matching No. 81035
material for one-coloured C. Arden Umbra,
strips
ocher yellow, casein
C. preparing colour samples D. Arden Umbra,
D. preparing the one- casein, Graham &
coloured strips by hand Brown paper
E. choosing the matching E. Enhanced Matte
paper for printing Paper (24in x 30m)
reconstructions
194g
F. printing the F. Printer Epson
reconstructions
9600 Professional.
Printing-ink:
pigment-inks.
Paper: Enhanced
Matte Paper
(24in × 30m) 194g.
– 15 strips
(47cm × 157 cm)
together 11,1 m 2
– border (wide)
14 pieces
(157 cm × 19.5 cm)
or together
3 m and 61,5 cm
– border
(narrow, 3cm)
together 25 m
– corner pieces
(19,5 cm × 19, 5cm)
7 pieces, 5 were
mounted on the
wall
3–10 May 2010 Retouching and partial Watercolour, 40 hours
repainting of the pattern acrylic colour
17 May 2010 Covering wall with lining Japanese paper 4 hours
Gampi, 36 g/m 2
(for originals),
newspaper
(for reconstructions),
metylocellulose
2–3 June 2010 Remounting conserved Original wallpaper 16 hours
strips of wallpaper
and borders,
metylcellulose
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