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<p>[QUOTE="PassingThru, post: 9853351, member: 87785"]I have this huge original vintage poster of a local distillery that measures approximately 5 x 4 ft. I would date it circa late 1890s to early 1900s. A notable detail is that it came in a nice original heavy wooden frame. </p><p><br /></p><p>There comes the issue though: the existing/original "backing" (sorry - maybe there's a more appropriate term for it, but I don't know it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />) consists of thin wooden planks (rather than a solid backing board) about 6 inches wide with gaps between them. And the poster itself has brown discoloration in some of the places where these gaps are. My best guess is that, at some point, the framed poster may have been placed against a wall with its back facing a sunlit room, which may have caused this, but it's just a theory.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, my question is: what should I do with it in order to conserve it properly (if anything at all)? Install a nice solid acid-free backing board? But that would mess up the "originality" of the piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>As must be clear from my post, I am NOT a poster/print collector, so I have no idea as to what is considered the "standard operating procedure" in such cases. At the same time, I want to make sure to do the right thing in terms of preserving the artifact in an appropriate manner without detriment to its collectability/value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow, any and all tips would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PassingThru, post: 9853351, member: 87785"]I have this huge original vintage poster of a local distillery that measures approximately 5 x 4 ft. I would date it circa late 1890s to early 1900s. A notable detail is that it came in a nice original heavy wooden frame. There comes the issue though: the existing/original "backing" (sorry - maybe there's a more appropriate term for it, but I don't know it :)) consists of thin wooden planks (rather than a solid backing board) about 6 inches wide with gaps between them. And the poster itself has brown discoloration in some of the places where these gaps are. My best guess is that, at some point, the framed poster may have been placed against a wall with its back facing a sunlit room, which may have caused this, but it's just a theory. Now, my question is: what should I do with it in order to conserve it properly (if anything at all)? Install a nice solid acid-free backing board? But that would mess up the "originality" of the piece. As must be clear from my post, I am NOT a poster/print collector, so I have no idea as to what is considered the "standard operating procedure" in such cases. At the same time, I want to make sure to do the right thing in terms of preserving the artifact in an appropriate manner without detriment to its collectability/value. Anyhow, any and all tips would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]
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