Notice catalographique « The conservation of leather artefacts : case studies from the Leather Conservation Centre »

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Case Studies:

The Waterloo Saddle, 1815

Treatment of red rot with aluminium alkoxide

Gap filling and repair with moulded leather

Dressing with Pliantine

Gilt leather Chasuble, first half eighteenth century

Gap filling with new gilt leather

Repairs with the flesh half of split leather to give high flexibility

Lightweight mount

Jockey's saddle, boots and crop, 1831

Reshaping with the aid of semi-permeable membranes

Reshaping using a humidity chamber

Repairs with moulded leather and Reemay dressing, suitcase, c.1900

Repairs to seams and gap filling with new leather

Finishing with wax

Python skin chairs. c.1930
Cleaning, Renault Landaulette, 1906

Repairs with Reemay and leather using heat sensitive adhesive

Gap filling with solid Beva 371

lnpainting finishing with SC6000

Fire Bucket, eighteenth century

Consolidation of paint

Rebuilding missing areas with leather and solid Beva 371

Replacement of handle and attaching loops

Gilt leather wall coverings, dining room, Levens Hall, second quarter eighteenth century

Repairs to splits, where access to the back is denied, using Reemay

Club chair, probably early twentieth century

Repair to large tear using leather and solvent re-activated adhesive

• Leather - Conservation and restoration
• Leather work - Conservation and restoration
• Cuir - Conservation et restauration