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Carter No.: 139

Handlist description: Folding (?) stool of ebony, ivory, gold and leather

Card/Transcription No.: 139-5 


139 (Cont.)


Treatment
Sponged with damp sponge. Refastened loose pieces of ivory and gesso with celluloid cement.
Sprayed all except seat with a solution of celluloid in amyl acetate.
Sprayed remains of leather seat with a solution of lanoline dissolved in benzine.
Card no. 139-5 relating to Carter no. 139
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