Painting Restored by Clever Method.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 25 September 1914, Page 8

Painting Restored by Clever Method.

One of the cleverest methods of restoring a painting ever used was that applied ,in New York recently in treating a canvas which, on account of its great age, had become almost as fragile as tissue paper. The first step was the giving, by means of a vegetable compound, of a thick piece of Manilla paper over the face of the painting. The pic- ' ture was then turned over, and from i its back was picked thread by '■ thread all the rotten canvas. At '. the end of this operation all that remained of the original work was a delicate shell of paint glued to a sheet of paper. A new piece of canvas was then attached to the back of the paint shell by menus of strong fish glue. The Manilla paper on the face was easily re- ! moved with hot water, after which there remained the painting as be- | fore, but mounted upon a strong new canvas.