Dear Arachnids
I have been given some prickings to act as caretaker for while the owner moves
to a smaller house and until she makes up her mind what to do with them and I
have been given permission to use them. There are some tightly rolled
parchments and I wonder if anyone could give me some
Hello Alex and everyone
Probably you are using the best method for borrowed items. I've heard that
antifreeze (ethylene glycol) will keep leathers permanently supple (but eek!
to putting that on a parchment). A product used by museum exhibitors, and on
saddles to keep leathers supple is Lexol,
In the bookbinding world, parchment is well known as practically
indestructible. My local library has a parchment book from about 1340
that is still in very good condition. Dryness is one of the few things
that can make parchment brittle enough to snap. I think those old
lacemakers knew what
