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Before: Broken Spine, Pages Falling Out
Before and After: Restoration of Howard-Tilton’s Kelmscott Chaucer
Before and After: Restoration of Howard-Tilton’s Kelmscott Chaucer
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Before: Broken Spine, Pages Falling Out
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Exhibit Sections
Before: Original and Now Tattered and Crumbling Linen Binding, 2017
After: Elegantly Restored Binding, 2018
Before: Broken Spine, Pages Falling Out
After: A New Book!
Title Page Verso
Title Page Recto
Selected Pages from the Kelmscott Chaucer
William Morris’ Original White Pigskin Binding
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Title: Original Binding, Broken Spine
Caption: Pre-restoration, the spine is broken and pages falling out
Description: Pre-restoration, the spine is broken and pages falling out
The project required sewing and gluing pages to a new spine.
Exhibit Sections
Before: Original and Now Tattered and Crumbling Linen Binding, 2017
After: Elegantly Restored Binding, 2018
Before: Broken Spine, Pages Falling Out
After: A New Book!
Title Page Verso
Title Page Recto
Selected Pages from the Kelmscott Chaucer
William Morris’ Original White Pigskin Binding