Projects
Bespoke cloth-covered drop-spine box for a modern binding,
incorporating a crest of tanned and tawed calfskin on the upper cover.
Opening arch of a new binding for Fitzwilliam Museum MS 251 (c. 1415)
Full alum-tawed calfskin over quartered oak board,
with herringbone sewing on double raised cords.
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Conservation of an eighteenth-century printed History of London.
Washing, resizing and repair of the leaves; resewing to the original patter, repair and reattachment of the original boards; rebacking in tanned goatskin.
Board reattachment and repair to the spine of an eighteenth-century printed book using toned Japanese papers.
Parchment repair to copper pigment damage in music manuscript (c. 1200)
New spine for a cloth-covered prayer book.