Research from Book Conservation
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Explore a selection of publications by and about book conservation staff.
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Learn about The Paper Legacy collection, which presents the work of more than 50 artists and documents their professional lives. It includes artist-selected representative collections of decorated paper, tools for making decorated paper, business records, personal correspondence, and publications.
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Go behind the scenes at The Met to see the conservation of a 17th-century edition of Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture.
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Morning session of a symposium celebrating the Thomas J. Watson Library’s acquisition of late-nineteenth to early twentieth-century American decorated publishers’ bindings.
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A one-day symposium on the Japanese books of the Edo period, including presentations on their history, design, techniques, materials, and conservation.
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A one-day symposium on the Japanese books of the Edo period, including presentations on their history, design, techniques, materials, and conservation.
Essays
Objects conservator Deborah Schorsch recounts the long history of conservation at The Met
Deborah Schorsch
August 1, 2022