Term: Restoration

Technical intervention aimed at recovering the physical and structural integrity of the original, while respecting its historicity and authenticity. It includes a wide range of operations, techniques and products, selected on a case-by-case basis according to the needs of the original item. Examples include surface cleaning, the consolidation of inks and pigments, flattening of the support, tear repair, infilling of losses, and the repair or reconstruction of historical sewing structures and bindings. All these operations must be carried out in accordance with the principles of historicity and the reversibility of the materials used.