Restoring Artwork to its Former Glory

[MuseumProfessionals.org]

Xiangmei Gu approaches a mid-20th-century Chinese painting with a pair of pointed tweezers. Her task is to remove the last layer of deteriorated paper that backs the painting Lofty Scholar in an Autumn Grove and to replace it with fresh paper. Delicately, she punctures the sheet, then uses her fingertips to roll the brittle, yellowed fragments into small coils. [Full Story]