Remboîtage of a Binding: Authenticity and Conservation of "Fifty-two Plates Engraved from Portraits by Van Dyck and Others, 16th - 17th Century"

Abstract

The present study of the album Fifty-two Plates Engraved from Portraits by Van Dyck and Others, 16th - 17th Century, includes commentaries on the conservation research, the album provenance, bibliographical information, acquisition; details of the conservation treatment: the binding, text block, and graphic works consolidation; and it underlines the conservation integration of the historical repairs through contemporary conservation materials applied for stabilization of the album condition and enhancement of the binding flexibility and solidity.

Keywords

• Anthony Van Dyck
• conservation
• restoration
• engraving
• iconography
• remboîtage