I am forwarding this message, with permission, from a calligrapher who needs
some advice on archival paper:

>Dear Anne,
>
>Yes, please.  To be more specific.  I have a client who wishes a photo album.
>Overall size is 13.5" x 12.5".  The photos are 8 x 10's.  They are black and
>white only.  No color shots.  She wants them mounted on white or cream papers
>with a Japanese lace paper in between.  The album is a modified Japanese
>four-hole binding.
>
>My concern is of course the papers.  I talked with Light Impressions and we
>agreed that it would be better to interleave the mounting pages with Apollo
>tissue.  The mounting paper is more difficult.  Arches cover which is
affordable
>is acid-free, but not lingin free.  Twinrocker b-buff and creme is lingen free,
>but not affordable.  (The photographers current binder is making this album for
>$80,  the cost of b-buff alone is $90.)
>
>Can anyone on your conservators list suggest a mounting paper that would be
>lingin free and affordable? My biggest problem is the size of the album.  It
>can't be made smaller because the photos must be mounted either horizontally or
>vertically and I am faced with only getting two pieces out of a standard 20 x26
>inch piece of paper.
>
>I would appreciate greatly any advice you can provide.
>
>Hermineh Miller in Reston, VA
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If anyone can help her, we'd both be much obliged.  Thank you.
Anne Lane
Curatorial Assistant
Museum of York County
4621 Mt. Gallant Road
Rock Hill, SC  29732-9905
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