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Here I am assisting Adrian McDermott with lining of large wallpaper fragment on heavy weight Japanese paper with wheat starch paste. 

Slowly removing Spider Tissue facing used to stabilize recto during lining. 

Overall after lining

Relining of Chinese wallpaper c. 1790 from Coutts Bank. 

I toned the lining paper with watercolor to provide a neutral base for inpainting losses. 

Helping Tom Edmondson prepare remoistenable methylcellulose linings. 

Preparing lining fabric and fiberglass interface for lining a canvas painting on vacuum hot table

Securing a BEVA film edge lining on a large theater curtain to the back of a new stretcher at West Lake Conservators

Detail of edge lining 

Theater curtain overall after treatment

Preparing semi-rigid support for cold lining a Haitian painting with Rhoplex acrylic adhesive at West Lake Conservators

Setting down canvas on Rhoplex-coated lining support. Silicone release paper was used in order to work on one side at a time. 

Burnishing canvas through silicone release paper to ensure proper adhesion to the lining support. 

Lined canvas was stretched over masonite support, typical of presentation of Haitian paintings

Recto overall after treatment