Letraset dry transfer media

J. Claire Dean <jclairedean<-at->gmail<.>com> writes

>I am looking for information on the stabilization and consolidation
>of dry-transfer media, often referred to by the trade name
>"Letraset".  I am working on a mixed media object from the 1940s
>that includes paper labels carrying dry-media annotations--the
>dry-media is friable and lifting.

At the National Gallery of Denmark we are currently working on a
similar mixed media object from 1980 containing Letraset
dry-transfer lettering.  Our characters shows two types of
deterioration; delamination and cracking.  We have with great
success consolidated the material with a solution of 9% Tylose in
deionized water.


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