This box is suitable for:
- Manuscripts, printed books, mounted works of art on paper/prints/photograph collections and albums that have accompanying documents or artefacts e.g previous binding fragments, additional textblocks, reports or objects that you want to be housed together
- Books with additional items that are larger than the book
- Books and manuscripts with paper or parchment textblocks
- Volumes with parchment, leather, cloth or paper covering material
- Larger volumes that require lifting with both hands
- Other object types
Why choose this box? Do you have two (or more) objects that have been closely connected throughout their history and you want to preserve that physical and intellectual connection?
- It permanently preserves the relationship between two (or more) artefacts
- The additional item is larger than the book
- It provides tailored support for the book, allowing no room for movement within the base tray
- The object is required to be lifted from the box with both hands
Interior Adaptations:
- Right to left opening for Western books
- Left to right opening for Asian volumes
- The housing of multiple volumes of different sizes plus additional artefacts
- Drawer, lidded drawer, wrapper or phasebox to house additions
- Tailored base tray lining to accommodate binding characteristics or enable finger access underneath heavier volumes
- Tailored textblock support to prevent textblock drag during vertical storage
Construction and Materials: I take care to ensure your box is capable of fulfilling its protective function for as long as possible. All my boxes are constructed with:
- Laminated double walls and step-joints to provide a self-supporting carcass
- Cloth-covered with as few external raw edges as possible
- A fold of cloth at each corner to prevent the cloth from bursting should it take a knock
- Archival millboard
- Heavyweight Archive buckram or linen bookcloth covering cloth
- Conservation grade board or paper linings as appropriate for the objects
- Portfolio, wrapper or phasebox is constructed from Archival Folding Boxboard
- Materials specifications are tailored to suit the exact requirements of the objects and your preferences
Exterior Adaptations:
- Covering cloth of your choice
- Quarter, half or full leather exterior cover
- Direct titling
- Leather title label with gold leaf finishing
- Decorative finishing
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