Tape removal is a sticky problem for a paper conservator to solve and this presentation is a paper conservator’s approach to the removal of pressure sensitive tape.
Every library, archive or museum collection has paper objects repaired with pressure sensitive tape (PST), or self-adhesive tape, that sticks when pressure is applied, without the need for heat or solvent activation. These tapes are ubiquitous and pose substantial problems for the long-term conservation of paper heritage because their synthetic adhesive layer generally degrades with time, leaving stains embedded in the paper.
This virtual seminar discusses different and complementary approaches to the design of optimal treatment strategies for removing self-adhesive tape, including recently formulated rigid solvent-gels alongside traditional solvent application methods.
Françoise Richard lectures part-time in Conservation and Restoration at the University of Amsterdam and works on a free-lance basis to provide conservation services to Dutch cultural institutions. After graduating in 2005 with a MA in Conservation from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France, Françoise Richard worked for private and institutional Book and Paper conservation studios in the US (Mellon Fellowship at the CCAHA, Philadelphia), and the UK (Dundee University Library; Fitzwilliam Museum; Cambridge Colleges Conservation Consortium). In 2017, she moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands, where she joined the Rijksmuseum conservation team. In 2020 she started a study on rigid solvent-gel for the treatment of paper. She now lectures part-time in Conservation and Restoration at the University of Amsterdam and works on a free-lance basis to provide conservation services to Dutch cultural institutions.
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