Conservation rebinding of a 19th century velvet binding damaged in a water leak.
The velvet binding contains a Program/ticket of James R. Chadwickâs for a dinner in honor of Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Condition: Full velvet binding with gold decoration. The velvet is drummed on the boards. Due to age and water damage, the velvet is very rigid in places and splits easily. The nap of the velvet has worn away on the spine and board edges, revealing tan cloth beneath. The boards are extremely distorted from water damage. The pastedowns are silk over thin card stock. The leaves are loose. The leaves have planar distortion from dampness, but there is no visual evidence of mold. A ticket to the dinner is adhered onto the title page, obscuring all of the text; the ticket has a name faintly written in ink. There are the remains of a cloth ribbon used to attach the folded leaves to the binding.
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