This fascinating blog on a workshop hosted by the National Records of Scotland was originally posted on ‘The Book and Paper Gathering’, an excellent resource for the book and paper conservation community. Check it out now!
‘Adhesives for Parchment Treatment’
A training day at the National Records of Scotland Conservation Services Branch with Antoinette Curtis and Yuki Russell
Author’s note: I am very grateful to Antoinette Curtis for generously offering to review the lines that follow. It is now a few weeks since Antoinette retired (congratulations!) and I feel so glad to have had the chance to benefit not only from the latest fruits of her smart research, but also from the example of the craftsman’s attitude with which that research has been pursued. I owe the same degree of gratitude to Head of Conservation Linda Ramsay and colleagues at the National Records of Scotland.
Following on from the success of the ARA training day on adhesives held at General Register House of the National Records of Scotland (NRS) on 5 November 2014, Antoinette Curtis and Yuki Russell, from the Norfolk Record Office (NRO), were invited to visit…
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