Monday, May 14, 2012

Refashioning a fashion illustration


 We'll never know if the ladies pictured in this advertisement preferred milk or sugar in their tea, but I'm sure they would have appreciated finding something for free.  
 
Dis-assembled pieces, drying out.
This page of fashion illustrations is from (or is perhaps a reproduction of) Godey's Lady's Book, a popular magazine of the era.  When found it was in a frame behind glass, but in the midst of being water damaged.  The discoloration on the matting caused by moisture is evident in the picture above.
The fashion page is taped down to some kind of cardboard, which seemed to be in ok shape, but the matting had to go.

Creative Roommate decided to re-assemble the pieces in a quasi-diploma frame style.
On display
  But what free item did she use to hold the illustration against the single front pane of glass?

Closeup of the corner
Chopsticks!