Archival conservation, book binding and some historical insights.
Posted on 9th August 2014
We had a fascinating talk this afternoon at our Family History Centre by Rex Lancefield, a professional conservator whose family business specialises in archival conservation and book binding Rex illustrated his talk by describing some of the many projects on which he has worked, relating in detail how books, royal charters, legal documents, official registers, etc have been conserved, restored and protected for display or storage He brought with him examples of archivally sound papers,... more