Page from an album by Thomas Wright, about 1750
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| Brief description | Page from an album by Thomas Wright, about 1750 |
| Gallery label | - This famous album (with a companion volume now at the Avery Library, New York) is the principal surviving record of the designs of Wright, one of the most imaginative garden designers of the middle of the eighteenth century.
Conservation of the Album - Damaged by water and weakened by mould, the pages of this album had suffered considerable deterioration. Loss of page area had occurred, particularly at the tail fore edge corner. The binding had become severely deteriorated and was considered unsuitable for reuse.
The text block was collated and disbound. The soft, mould-damaged areas were considered too weak to withstand handling in their deteriorated state and so were consolidated with methylcellulose. Torn areas were repaired with the lightest weight Japanese tissue. When the text block was re-sewn each leaf was sewn with a supporting sheet which is intended to be used to turn the pages, thus preventing unnecessary handling of the weak areas.
The sewn text block was given a handmade paper wrapper as a cover, It is hoped that this very specific style of binding will give the pages as flat a page opening as possible ensuring that free corners of the inconveniently attached sketches and drawings will not be creased or folded over as the album is leafed through.
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Suggest feedback| Record created | September 24, 2004 |
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