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Seeing through the years: The Conservation of Transparent Papers in the Parliamentary Archives Collection Part II

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This blog was written by Zoe Voice, Preventive Conservator. Introduction Welcome back for part two of our series on transparent papers. In the last post, we took a look at what transparent paper is, how it’s made, what examples we …

Seeing through the years: The Conservation of Transparent Papers in the Parliamentary Archives Collection Part I

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This blog article was written by Zoe Voice, Preventive Conservator. Introduction Transparent Papers, particularly those found in archives, are a material that can look quite intimidating to handle due to their often-poor condition and brittleness.[1] However, the plans drawn on …