CONDITION

- Case hinge broken and cover trays separated

- Walls of trays separated from covers and each other

- Embossed velvet tray lining separated from front inside cover; some fading but in overall good shape

- Foredge wall missing from bottom tray

- Cover leather separated from back cover

- Corners pulling up on leather from front cover

- Photograph in good shape - black background slightly cracked

 

TREATMENT

- Item evaluated for condition and photographed                              

- Front cover tray walls re-attached to each other and to board with hide glue

- New wall created for bottom tray - constructed out of mat board and paper, then toned with acrylic paint to match case

- Back cover tray walls re-attached to each other and to board with hide glue

- Velvet tray lining and brown paper lining re-attached to inside of trays

- Tyvek toned with acrylic paint/methyl cellulose mix to match cover leather

- Cover leather lifted at losses and filled in with toned Tyvek

- Small wall built to fit in bottom tray to protect photograph from moving - Okawara tissue toned to match velvet piece and laminated with heavy weight paper

- Okawara tissue toned to match case and used as inner and outer hinge to re-join trays

- Clamshell box constructed with Tyvek-covered trays and inner walls - empty space left to allow for case clasp; ramp included on top tray to allow for display of item with minimum handling