The Folger is closing at 4:30pm on Sunday, February 23, for a staff training exercise. Normal hours will resume when the Folger opens on Tuesday, February 25, at 11:00am.
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Kevin Cilurzo
is a book and paper conservator with training from the University of Arts, Bern, Switzerland. He was an intern with the Folger's conservation team in 2017 and is now a paper restorer in the Graphic Arts Collection at the ETH Zürich.
A guest post by Kevin Cilurzo (with particular thanks to Adrienne Bell) For a conservator, to disbind and rebind a book is a rare chance to study and understand its binding structure. With broken sewing and loose detached leaves, Folger…
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