Petticoat Government
An interventive treatment method for increasing structural stability and functionality to a book bound with a cloth covered case.
Condition on acceptance: The joints were damaged and the case was detached from the textblock. Within the textblock, there was split sewing, a loose leaf, and a missing endleaf with a skinned tear loss on the pastedown.
Mechanical spine lining removal
Detail of cleaned textblock with localized sewing repair
Case consolidation and reconstruction
Stages of replacing a lost endleaf
Condition following treatment