No. Title Date
1 Miniatures backed with repair paper being laid out to dry on terylene over perspex
2 Cleaning palm leaves using a non-ionic cleanser applied with cotton wool
3 Laying out palm leaves to dry between sheets of blotting paper
4 Re-inking a palm leaf using lamp black and oil of camphor
5 Washing miniatures in three baths of water at different temperatures
6 Laying out palm leaves to dry between sheets of blotting paper
7 Laying out palm leaves to dry between sheets of blotting paper
8 Removing old backing paper from a painting, using a scalpel
9 Sizing the folios laid out on the sheet of perspex using CMC paste applied through a piece of terylene
10 Folios laid out on terylene-covered perspex after drying overnight
11 Placing the sheet of perspex and repaired folios into a drying rack
12 Removing the sheet of terylene which has been used for sizing
13 Terylene is peeled off from the repaired folios
14 Trimming the folios and rounding the corners
15 Trimming the folios and rounding the corners
16 Paste repair of manuscripts : removing a polythene carrier leaving the folios to dry flat on sheets of perspex covered with terylene
17 Paste repair of manuscripts : removing a polythene carrier leaving the folios to dry flat on sheets of perspex covered with terylene
18 Paste repair of manuscripts : removing a polythene carrier leaving the folios to dry flat on sheets of perspex covered with terylene
19 Tearing pieces of Japanese tissue for filling holes and framing frayed and torn edges
20 Tearing pieces of Japanese tissue for filling holes and framing frayed and torn edges