PRESERVATION OF WALLPAPERS AS PARTS OF INTERIORS

Documentation of the work on the Estonian Literary Museum
Mechanical damage:
Chemical damage:
Biological damage:
Other damage:
Scratches, cracks, holes, parts of wallpaper has been ripped
off mechanically, occasional pencil marks, water-marks,
Candle-wax, an unknown undissolable adhesive, chalk paint
Insect holes, spider-nets
Dust on surface, unremovable dirt, discoloration,
CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION PROCESSES:
Date: Conservation process: Used materials: Used time:
27 September 2012 Documenting, measuring, Nikon D3000 3 hours
mapping damages
27 September 2012 Making dry-cleaning samples Soft brushes of 2 hours
deer hair,
Wishab Sponge
(Soft/Medium),
Faber & Castell
Kneaded Eraser,
latex sponge,
scalpel
8 October 2012 Removal and cleaning of Scalpel, 2 hours
damaged wallpaper behind paper-knife,
a radiator
soft brushes,
Wishab Sponge
Soft
8–11 October 2012 Dry-cleaning Soft brushes, 40 hours
Wishab Sponge
Soft, Faber &
Castell Kneaded
Eraser
15 October 2012 Removal of nails, – 4 hours
wooden tenons and
metal hooks from the wall*
15 October 2012 Filling holes formed – 4 hours
in the plaster*
16–17 October 2012 Consolidation and Japanese paper 40 hours
repair of paper damages (Gampi, 29 g/m2),
Klucel G,
methyl cellulose,
bone spatula
17 October 2012 Adhering ripped edges Methyl cellulose, 16 hours
and pieces of wallpaper bone spatula
back to their original
location
* Carried out by another company
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