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The
mission of Etherington Conservation Services is to offer
high quality, economical, and timely preservation and
conservation services for libraries, archives, museums,
historical societies, and other collection holding
institutions, as well as for individuals and private
collectors. Our goal is to provide professional
conservation treatment of books, documents, art on
paper, and photographs from single items to large
collections.
Services
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Conservation, restoration and period rebinding of
books. Treatments range from minimal intervention to
complex conservation including aqueous treatment.
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Conservation of works of art on paper, vellum and
parchment documents and photographs.
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Conservation matting and framing.
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Deacidification and polyester film encapsulation.
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Custom designed enclosures (clamshell boxes, phase
boxes, display cases, and other types of protective
enclosures).
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Disaster recovery including fire, water, mold and
insect damaged materials.
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Consultations, collection surveys and training.
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Archival photocopying and brittle book replacement.
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Scanning and digital reformatting including digital
restoration of photographs.
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Custom fine binding and edition binding.
Clients and Recent Projects
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American University of Cairo: Survey and restoration
of Hassan Fathy Collection of architectural
drawings.
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Arizona State University: Conservation of
architectural drawings, photographs and other
special collection materials, including custom
housing for compact discs and cassettes from the
music collection.
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Biltmore House: Conservation treatment and reframing
of works of art on paper and restoration of rare
books.
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Catholic University: Conservation and restoration of
water and mold damaged to 16th and 17th Century
books from the Clementine Collection.
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Czech Republic: Conservation survey of the Lobkowicz
Collection of medieval manuscripts, incunabula and
rare books.
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Library of Virginia: Conservation of rare books,
archival and manuscripts collections, and
cartographic materials.
Treatment and rehousing of Virginia’s Bill of
Rights, 1791; The Surrender of Gen. Cornwallis,
1789; Schedel’s
Nuremburg Chronicle, 1493. Staffing of LVA's on-site
paper conservation lab.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Restoration of oversized
art and architectural books from the 18th and 19th
Centuries.
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National Archives: Consultation on rehousing and
display of the Charters of Freedom which include the
Declaration of Independence and Bill
of Rights.
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North Carolina Museum of Art and University of
Pittsburgh: Conservation and rehousing of plates
from Audubon’s double elephant folio, Birds of
America, 1831-1834.
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Ohio State University: conservation and restoration
of 15th and 16th century books.
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United States Supreme Court: Archival photocopy
reproduction and rebinding of law books.
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Yale University: Restoration of rare books from
Special Collections and from the collections of the
Elizabethan Club.
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