Saving Your Treasures: Paper
Saving Your Treasures

Types of Materials
PAPER
Paper is manufactured from the cellulose fibers of plants, primarily cotton, flax, and wood. The fibers are reduced to a pulp and then formed into a felted sheet on a screen or a sieve. Types of paper include laid, woven, hand-made, or machine-made.
It is important to understand that parchment (or vellum) and papyrus are not considered paper. Parchment (or vellum) is animal hide covered in lime and dried under tension.
Papyrus is not considered paper. Papyrus is made from the moist outer skins of water reeds that have been lined up at right angles to each other and then beaten until the layers become interlocked.
Environment:
Light
Environment: Relative Humidity & Temperature
Environment: Airborne & Gaseous Pollutants
Environment:
Mold
Examining, Handling, and Housing Paper-Based Materials
Exhibition
Principles
Preserving a Book
from 1730
TYPES OF MATERIALS
Ceramics Glass Metals Wood Textiles Paper Paintings Other
Types of Materials
PAPER
Paper is manufactured from the cellulose fibers of plants, primarily cotton, flax, and wood. The fibers are reduced to a pulp and then formed into a felted sheet on a screen or a sieve. Types of paper include laid, woven, hand-made, or machine-made.
It is important to understand that parchment (or vellum) and papyrus are not considered paper. Parchment (or vellum) is animal hide covered in lime and dried under tension.
Papyrus is not considered paper. Papyrus is made from the moist outer skins of water reeds that have been lined up at right angles to each other and then beaten until the layers become interlocked.
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TYPES OF MATERIALS
Ceramics | Glass | Metals | Wood | Textiles | Paper | Paintings | Other |