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Treatment; 09 Jan 2001; Please flatten (cockling); Eastern Art on Paper and Silk

Reason: Temporary Exhibition
Description: Removed from mount by cutting hinges with a scalpel. Inlay paper peeled away from edges of print. Remaining paper debris on verso removed by scraping with a scalpel. Adhesive residue removed by swabbing gently with cotton buds moistened with warm water. Humidified over capillary matting and Gore-Tex in a chamber and pressed between blotting paper under a board with weights. Inlaid using slot method and mounted in royal acid free board by MT3.
Details: Treatment