Linen Backing Posters

Adding linen to the back of a poster is an effective way to increase the value of the poster while preserving the paper.

Linen backing posters.

The whole idea of linen backing is to conserve the poster and add value. Linen backing a poster on canvas requires three essential elements. Unrolling is really easy safe and quick. Linen backing a poster on canvas requires three essential elements.

We have linen backed a rare star wars poster for a client who takes it all over the world to star wars conventions and is able to safely unroll display and roll it back up endlessly. The linen used for mounting many posters is actually a light canvas which you can find at most. The poster is cleaned and mounted on an archival acid free paper and linen backing to prevent aging damage or tearing or further deterioration. Linen which is marketed as cotton duck acid free japanese lining paper and a wheat starch solution containing an alkali buffer which when used together provide a stable acid free environment for mounting a poster.

After linen backing posters can be kept flat or rolled up and stored safely in tubes of an adequate diameter. A method of poster conservation. Linen backing flattens out folded posters so they can be stored rolled or framed with much better results and displayed to their full glory. Below we detail.

While mounting directly to linen may cause the poster to warp adding a layer of rice paper between the poster and the linen is an ideal solution and a simple task you can complete in under an hour. We offer a full service at our london studio for the conservation backing and repair of all paper collectibles at competitive rates. A damaged poster can be repaired at the time of linen backing. You don t need to purchase materials from special supply sources.

Afterwards we can patch in missing sections and restore color on fold lines tears and stains. The process includes some rehydrating and de acidifying of the paper. It is an archival poster conservation method where the poster is de acidified and museum mounted with wheat paste onto acid free japanese rice paper and adhered to canvas. For film posters we can currently back sizes up to and including us 3.

Linen which is marketed as cotton duck acid free japanese lining paper and a wheat starch solution containing an alkali buffer which when used together provide a stable acid free environment for mounting a poster. Linen backing does take some practice and skill so don t try mounting collectible posters or posters with sentimental value until you ve successfully mounted a few practice pieces. Linen backing is mounting a poster on archival acid free paper and thin artist s canvas.