Title: Vélodrome bruxellois

Artist: Georges Gaudy

Media: Colour lithograph

Paper: Cream coloured wove paper

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This poster announced a bicycle contest at the Vélodrome Bruxellois during the National Day, on the 22th of July 1894, presided by the King. It is lined on two layers of white cardboard and a layer of fine paper. It was overall dusty, presented several tidelines and numerous folds, tears and losses.

 

• Cutting the poster in two parts to facilitate further manipulations

• Dry cleaning with soft brushes, museum vacuum, vinyl powder gum and Mars eraser

• Facing of the two parts with Lens Tissue and Methylcellulose. The humidity provided enabled the delining at the same time

• Blotter washings

• Deacidification on two layers of blotter paper

• First lining of the separate parts on thin Bolloré paper and left drying without tension under blankets

• Second general lining in tension with Bolloré paper

• Losses compensation with thin Silversafe paper

• Watercolour retouching

• Making of a preservation folder with Heritage preservation paper and preservation cardboard

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