I can see the demand for restoration dropping.
(The more cosmetic work anyway.)
And the demand for authentication growing.
Someone will need to provide it, and I don't think anyone's cornered
the market in this yet.
On 27 Sep 2009, at 00:19, Dario Casadei wrote:
We don't remove anything except old backings! Ones I owned a
Dracula's Daughter WC done this way, I sold it after a month,
couldn't stand looking at it.
End of the day each restoration studio implements their own
techniques and this is by no means a peak at Diane. We all do what
we feel is right.
Best,
dario.
JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia wrote:
When working with window cards, we remove the back layer card
stock, this way the poster can be cleaned, washed and deacidified
Hi Diane
Surely removing the "back layer card stock" is tantamount to
changing the entire character and authenticity of a window card. A
window card is supposed to be on thick card stock. Thats the way it
is. It doesnt seem right to me to be removing a layer of the
poster. Perhaps you could elaborate on the process you use.
Regards
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Diane Jeffrey
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:15 AM
Subject: [MOPO] Profiles in History...question
Sue
When working with window cards, we remove the back layer card
stock, this way the poster can be cleaned, washed and deacidified,
which also results in removing any creasing/folds. We back it then
with a layer of acid free masa paper, same stuff used in
linenbacking. A lot of window cards have been trimmed at the top,
this then allows us to add the missing paper, making it to size.
Card stock is then adhered to the masa, repairs are made, touched
up, etc.
If you look at my first post about the Dracula, I mentioned the
fact that there was a layer of something on the back. To me, it
looked like the poster had been backed to card stock, cardboard or
"something" and when it was pulled off, a layer remained, giving it
a "fuzzy" (term I used on NSGE) feel. So we removed what we could
on that, washed and linenbacked it.
So to answer your question, you are absolutely right, it is
possible, and just might be what happened with the Dracula poster.
Diane
Studio C
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