"Unfortunately, people and companies who do linen backing have been selling
collectors a bill of goods for decades. Many of them learn their craft in a day
or so, then set up shop and start cranking away."
What a libelous statement this is. This is a slap in the face of every
competent company that does linen backing. I have many 1 sheets that are linen
backed, some over 10 years old that look as good as the day I received them
back
after being backed.
As far as the Library of Congress, and what they do to preserve their paper
items, I'm sure they have $1000's to put into their paper objects. Most of
us
do not have unlimited funds to restore our posters. Linen backing is, at this
time, the only solution most of us have to restore a tattered one sheet.
Certainly a way around having to linen back is to not buy posters that need
work. If you can afford to do so.
I agree most half sheets and inserts should not be linen backed. It doesn't
last if it is not done well.
John W
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Todd is quite correct. Linen and paper are two totally different materials.
When
you glue one to the other, over time, the stronger material will win out and
ruin the weaker material. But rolling up posters on linen is only one part of
the problem. The other part is that paper and canvas react differently to
natural temperature and humidity changes. They expand and contract at
different
ratios. And since canvas is much stronger than paper, after some years, the
paper will begin to crack and peel under the constant tension. The
other source of tension is the fact that during the linen mounting process, the
canvas is stretched tight on a frame and then allowed to dry. This builds
tension right into the mounted piece. Even if it were then kept in perfectly
stable atmospheric conditions, the original tension that was created by the
stretching will eventually do the same thing to the paper. It takes years, but
it does happen.
S
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Todd A. Spoor <sp...@earthlink.net> wrote:
I would have to agree with Neil, hard stock posters do NOT perform as well over
time when linen backed. My collection of over 300 30x40's and 40x60's have very
few linen backed pieces some of which are pealing off from the linen from
having
been rolled too tightly over the years. I don't know if this is from certain
restorers or across the board.
>Todd Spoor
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>Hi, Neil,
>
> I've always heard that one sheet-type stock posters (1-Sheets, 3-Sheets,
>6-Sheets, Foreign 1-Sheets, etc) are best to be linen-backed, while heavier
>stock posters (1/2 Sheets, Insets, 30x40's, 40x60's) and lobby cards are best
>to
>have paper-backed. At times, when I see that a 1/2 sheet, insert or 30x40 has
>been linen-backed, it's kind of disturbing to me because I don't think the
>seller will reach the piece's full potential in its sale. I think more
>collectors/dealers who've been around awhile feel the same way. But, who
>knows,
>maybe my ideas are wrong in some dealers' eyes by today's standards...
> Rick
>
>In a message dated 10/5/2010 8:28:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>neiljawor...@yahoo.co.uk writes:
>hallo MOPOville
>>
>>
>>I have a 90cm x 125cm german film poster from 1930 that needs backing. It's
>>relatively solid, considering its age, but tending to brittle/split/crack
>>along
>>the folds and won't survive without mounting. What is the current thinking
>>about linen versus paper for something like this? Does it matter that it's a
>>european poster? I've seen a couple of references to paper-backing being
>>preferable to linen recently, but am aware that this might not be correct.
>>Does
>>the size of this poster suggest that linen is the best way forward, even if
>>it's
>>going to be displayed immediately upon mounting? also, as there will be some
>>fold-line and other restoration work, would a linen mount provide a better
>>base?
>>
>>
>>So many questions! Anyone have a view on this? Thanks in advance.
>>Cheers
>>Neil
>>
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